Black Rock Enterprises LLC has been awarded a $3.03 million contract to construct the Terhune Road Safe Streets to Transit pedestrian improvement project by the Princeton Council.
The Old Bridge-based contractor was one of three bidders for the project, which is planned for a stretch of Terhune Road between Mount Lucas Road and North Harrison Street.
While there are sidewalks on Terhune Road, there are gaps which will be filled in as part of the project. Completion of the sidewalk network also will make it easier and safer for students to walk to Princeton Middle School and Princeton High School, officials said.
Sidewalks are in place on a portion of the north and south sides of Terhune Road, between Mount Lucas Road and Dempsey Avenue. Sidewalks are missing on both sides of the street between Dempsey Avenue and North Harrison Street.
The project calls for removing the existing sidewalks and widening the new sidewalks to five feet. Pervious concrete will be used instead of conventional concrete. It is a special type of concrete that allows water to drain into an underground water quality system. Steps will be taken to lessen the impact on healthy trees on Terhune Road.
New curb ramps that are ADA-compliant will be installed at the intersections of Terhune Road with Jefferson Road, Dempsey Avenue and Walnut Lane. New concrete curbs will be installed.
Traffic calming measures also are in the plan. Raised intersection tables, also known as speed tables, will be installed on Terhune Road at its intersection with Jefferson Road, Dempsey Avenue and Walnut Lane.
Terhune Road will be repaved between Mount Lucas Road and North Harrison Street. The top layer of asphalt will be removed and a new layer of asphalt will be installed in the mill-and-overlay project.
The project is being funded by a combination of municipal funds and a $1 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation Safe Streets to Transit grant, according to a memorandum to the Mayor and Princeton Council from Deputy Administrator and Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton.
The town was eligible for the NJDOT grant because the New Jersey Transit 605 bus line bus stops in each direction on Terhune Road at Jefferson Road and Walnut Lane, Stockton said.
