The North Brunswick Train Station is getting closer to putting shovels in the ground.
The station, an upcoming NJ Transit commuter rail stop on the Northeast Corridor located at the Main Street North Brunswick transit village, near Route 1 and Aaron Road, is approaching the final engineering and design phases.
The project, which is under the management of Middlesex County Improvement Authority, recently announced it has a 60% design approval and a funding agreement with NJ TRANSIT for the final design phase of the project.
MCIA received formal approval from NJ TRANSIT, acknowledging the milestone and authorizing the agency to continue with Phase 3, Final Engineering and Design. This progress will push the project towards 90% design completion with the construction drawings, another critical achievement.
“With each milestone, construction drawings become refined and finalized to bring this a step closer to getting shovels in the ground,” Executive Director H. James Polos said. “Our construction drawings depict items such as passenger platforms, the overhead pedestrian bridges, foundation elements, steel connections and methods of structural support.”
In 2020, the MCIA established a unique partnership with NJ TRANSIT, which empowered the MCIA to manage the North Brunswick Train Station project.
Under the agreement, the MCIA serves as the project manager overseeing the design and construction of the project and coordinates input from NJ TRANSIT, AMTRAK, New Jersey Department of Transportation, the township of North Brunswick and Middlesex County.
Funding for the project has been provided by the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund in the amount of $50 million. WSP USA is the contracted design and engineering firm managed by MCIA.
“With the MCIA leading the North Brunswick Train Station, they have been able to streamline a very complicated and cumbersome approval process,” Middlesex County Commissioner Director Ronald Rios said. “Collaboration continues amongst all partners as we expeditiously move towards 90% design completion.”
