Complete George: Woodbridge Township becomes 57th municipality to call for wider GWB paths
Woodbridge Township becomes 57th municipality to call for wider GWB paths
Woodbridge Township becomes the 57th municipality to call on the Port Authority to widen the bike paths on the George Washington Bridge.
“The Woodbridge Township Council in concert with Mayor McCormac is happy to pass a resolution in support of Complete George. Widening the George Washington Bridge bike paths as part of the upcoming restoration makes perfect sense. It will reduce congestion and provide a healthy option to bike to and from NYC as a connector of the East Coast Greenway.” – Gregg Ficarra, Councilmember
The GWB is the sole bike-able crossing between North Jersey and NYC, connects the two most heavily biked roads in the U.S. (9W and Hudson Greenway) and is the nexus of the the 1650 mile Tri-State Trail Network. Its 7 foot paths are dangerously overcrowded at 3700 cyclists per day on weekends and growing 10% per year.
If not widened to national standards, the GWB will become a “walk-your-bikes” facility. This will hobble the growth of cycling across the region for generations, impacting tourism, public health, property taxes, sustainability and resilience annually worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Complete George is an ad hoc coalition of 230 organizations, businesses and communities calling on the PA to widen the bicycle-pedestrian paths on the George Washington Bridge to comply with national standards as part of the upcoming $1.9 billion restoration.
Contact:
Neile Weissman
917 446 6002
