UTCA STATEMENT ON PORTAL NORTH BRIDGE BEING DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING

Farmingdale – Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA) CEO Robert Briant, Jr., issued the following statement today on the Trump administration announcing that the Portal North Bridge project is eligible to receive federal funding:

“This is incredibly welcome news for New Jersey and the northeast region. While this act by itself does not guarantee funding, it represents significant forward movement on one of the most important transportation infrastructure projects in the country. The bridge must be fixed, or we will continue to see strangling delays along the northeast corridor. I want to thank all our federal and state officials who have fought and will continue to fight for this project.

“Our hope now is not only that this project will receive much needed federal funding, but that a new rail tunnel underneath the Hudson River – one that is built by and creates jobs for New Jerseyans – will also receive its due consideration.”

UTCA of New Jersey is a non-profit trade association headquartered in Wall, New Jersey. UTCA currently has approximately 1,000 member firms in the public and private sectors who are active in all phases of heavy, highway, utility, and marine construction, as well as site work including remediation of brownfields and contaminated sites. For more information, log on to http://www.utcanj.org and follow on Twitter @UTCANJ.