TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS BROUGHT HOME TOTAL OF $1.35 MILLION FOR BLOOMFIELD TRAIN STATION SINCE 2003 BLOOMFIELD - In an effort to further develop Bloomfield Center, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has again delivered federal funds to improve the Bloomfield Center Lackawanna Train Station.  The… Read more »

CEDAR GROVE - U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08), New Jersey's senior Democratic member on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure announced that the Township of Cedar Grove will be receiving $150,000 Transportation Enhancement (TE) grant for the Streetscape Improvement Project on Pompton Avenue.  Pascrell made the announcement with Assemblyman Kevin O'Toole and… Read more »

PASCRELL'S FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM BRINGS NEWJITNEYS TO SOUTH ORANGE COMMUNITIES SOUTH ORANGE - Standing in front of South Orange's new Jitney Community Shuttle Bus at the South Orange Train Station, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) and Mayor William Calabrese, joined NJ Transit Assistant Executive Director Jim Redeker to announce today that 12 New Jersey communities will receive… Read more »

SOUTH ORANGE - U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) and Donald Payne (D-NJ-10) today lauded inclusion of $1.2 million for the South Orange Rahway River Corridor Greenway Project in the federal transportation spending bill.  Passed by the House and Senate on July 29, 2005, the legislation renews federal funds for highway and transit programs designed to replace the expiring… Read more »

FUNDS WILL BE SPENT ON CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF MT. PLEASANT AND LIVINGSTON AVENUESLIVINGSTON - U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today lauded inclusion of $720,000 for the Livingston Pedestrian/Beautification Streetscape Project in the federal transportation spending bill.  Passed by the House and Senate on July 29, 2005, the legislation renews… Read more »

FUNDS ADD TO $650,000 PASCRELL SECURED LAST YEAR U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) today lauded inclusion of $800,000 for the Pompton Lakes Downtown Streetscape Revitalization Project in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Act of 2005- A Legacy for Users (SAFTEA-LU).  Passed by the House and Senate last week, SAFETEA-LU renews federal funds for highway… Read more »

MEASURE INCLUDES OVER $50 MILLION SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR EIGHTH DISTRICT PROJECTS U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-08) praised House passage of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 - A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).  The funding bill includes $286.4 billion in guaranteed spending and $295 billion in contract authority from FY04-09. … Read more »

STUDY IN FINAL PRODUCT, SECURED BY PASCRELL, WILL EVALUATE THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08), a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the successful completion of a federal surface transportation conference report after a long two years.  He commended… Read more »

PLEDGES TO FIGHT AGAINST RECKLESS HOUSE BILL THAT WILL END INTERSTATE RAIL SERVICE U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a senior member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined his delegation colleagues and representatives from railroad labor for a press conference at Penn Station - Newark.  They joined to announce their plans to fight for the survival of Amtrak.… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ, 8th) today issued the following statement concerning the Senate's failure to pass the "Pay to Play Reform Protection Act" as an amendment offered to the federal Highway Reauthorization bill: "I am deeply disappointed partisan politics was chosen over good government.  I was proud when this amendment passed in the House and hoped a vote for ethical… Read more »