Scoreboard's Up At Hoboken Park-In-Progress

HOBOKEN, NJ — If you're keeping score, Hoboken's temporary Northwest Resiliency Park has been closed since September of 2019, while the city turns it into a permanent park with many more amenities.

A new amenity was spied in the 5-acre park this week: A scoreboard (see photo above).

The city said that construction on the park, located in the northwest corner of the city, will continue all of this week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The park will have above and below ground infrastructure to withhold up to 2 million gallons of rainwater to help mitigate local flooding, the city has said.

It will also have a multipurpose athletic field, Great Lawn, terrace, and pavilion.

The last estimate for completion was this coming spring, 2023.

Construction Updates

This week, construction workers are focusing on:

• Sidewalks and curb extensions
• Installing cobblestones
• Installing fountain piping and connections
• Installing site irrigation

You can peek at the ongoing work through this website.

According to the city, they're using "a combination of low interest and interest-free loans, principal forgiveness for the resiliency features, and grant money to save over $19 million over the life of the project. The Northwest Resiliency Park also utilizes the Open Space Trust Fund to pay for the construction costs of the Northwest Park, and is not utilizing any funding from the 2022 municipal budget."

More information about the Northwest Resiliency Park construction is available at www.hobokennj.gov/nwpark