Streetscape Improvements Continue Along Jersey City's Central Ave

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Road work is continuing on Central Avenue as the city moves along with its streetscape improvement plan.

The rehabilitation project includes: all new sidewalks, roadway, benches, LED lighting, and adding new trees to the Heights’ commercial corridor. The city posted a video of the work on Instagram:

The project started between 2012 and 2013 and has included the improvements to 21 intersections along Central Avenue, the addition of trash cans, trees and new paving along sidewalks.

Central Avenue will be seeing plenty more changes in the coming months and year as the City Council recently approved the Central Avenue Redevelopment Plan.

The plan extends from Central Avenue to the west, Griffith Street to the south, and Cambridge Avenue to the east. Parking and open space were major focuses of the project and the plan adds a parking deck with 400 parking stalls available to the public as well as 10,000 square feet of open space to create a plaza dedicated to the memory of the late Councilman Michael Yun.

The plan has been two years in the making and was heavily supported by the Heights' late Councilman Michael Yun.