St. Pauls Avenue Safety Improvements
St. Pauls Avenue between Tonnele Avenue and JFK Boulevard currently experiences a disproportionate amount of cut-through traffic due to the proximity of Route 1&9, Route 139, and the Tonnele Circle interchange.
As a part of the City’s efforts to redesign our streets to be safer for all road users, a walk audit was conducted and a Street Safety Action Plan was prepared for the neighborhood. As a result of that effort, a week-long pilot project was installed April 11-18, 2022.
The Department of Infrastructure hosted a virtual public meeting on June 9, 2022 to review the pilot project and discuss recommendations. Following the meeting, residents were invited to provide feedback on the three (3) final redesign options via an online survey, which included an option to convert St. Pauls Avenue to one-way in the westbound direction between Tonnele Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard.
The Department of Infrastructure conducted a pilot of the closure of St. Pauls Avenue to eastbound traffic between Tonnele Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard for a period of two (2) weeks in November 2022. The Transportation team from the Jersey City Department of Infrastructure reviewed the results of these recent efforts and provided recommendations for improvements for St. Pauls Avenue and the surrounding streets during a community meeting on January 26, 2023.
Based on requests from residents at the 1/26 community meeting, a survey was developed to gather additional feedback on the proposed design. A summary of the responses to the survey is provided in the link below.
FEBRUARY 2023 SURVEY RESPONSE SUMMARY