PLANS TO FILL LONG SLIP CANAL OFFER TRANSIT AND SEDIMENT SOLUTIONS

For decades, the unused Long Slip Canal has split the Hoboken Rail Terminal into two detached sections, preventing New Jersey Transit from expanding this busy intermodal mass transit transfer station to its full potential. Today, New Jersey Transit is pursuing an innovative solution that would allow rail yard expansion of 8.4 ac (3.4 ha) by filling the canal with sediment or other fill material and using the reclaimed area for expanded transit activity. Filling the canal will also improve water quality by isolating contaminated and oxygen-demanding canal sediments. Yet, filling in tidal waters, no matter how degraded, requires mitigation. To mitigate the impacts of filling the canal, a comprehensive mitigation plan has been developed. The plan features several water quality improvements that will create fish habitat where none could otherwise exist.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Included in a special advertising section to this journal issue entitled, "Environmental Engineering Focus on Sediment Remediation."
• Corporate Authors:

  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Porrovecchio, J
  • Peck, E
  • Jurow, S
• Publication Date: 1999-3-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. E17
• Serial:
  • ENR
  • Volume: 242
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Canals; Environmental impacts; Environmental quality; Fills; Intermodal transfer; Planning; Public transit; Sediments; Soil remediation; Transfer centers; Transit centers; Water quality
• Identifier Terms: Hoboken Rail Terminal; Long Slip Canal; New Jersey Transit
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762929
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 2 1999 12:00AM