1. Improvements to Stockton Street
And Joseph Street Hightstown, Mercer County
Public Outreach
March 6, 2017
Hightstown Public Meeting
Prepared by: for:
Borough of Hightstown

2. Federal Aid Highway Program Funding through the
Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Program (SRTS)
SRTS Program
Federally funded reimbursement program
Established in August 2005
Hightstown was awarded a grant as part of the 2014 SRTS Program
Typical Projects
Intersection improvements, pavement marking and signage improvements, signal upgrades, curb and sidewalk upgrades
SRTS Objectives
Enable and encourage children grades K-8 to walk and bicycle to school
Make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy active lifestyle from an early age
Facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects that improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools

3. N Project Location Map PROJECT LOCATION Route 130
Stockton Street (C.R. 571)
Mercer Street

4. Existing Conditions Stockton Street (C. R
Existing Conditions Stockton Street (C.R. 571) is a two-lane county road with a speed limit of 25 MPH through the project area. Grace N. Rodgers Elementary School and Walter C. Black Elementary School are in the vicinity of the project. There are non-compliant ADA curb ramps and deteriorated curb and sidewalk throughout the project area as well as an unmarked street crossing at Oak Lane and Stockton Street.
Stockton Street
Joseph Street and Stockton Street Intersection

5. Proposed Improvements
Replace curb and sidewalk along Stockton Street from the Oak Lane/Dutch Neck Road/Harron Avenue intersection to beyond Summit Street and meeting existing recently constructed granite curb and paver sidewalk.
Provide curb along both sides of Joseph Street with sidewalk along the western side and reconstruct Joseph Street pavement.
Upgrade curb ramps to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance.
Improvements will be in accordance with current MUTCD, NJDOT, and ADA standards.

7. Next Steps Complete Preliminary Design
NJDOT to Approve Environmental Document
Complete Final Design and Submit to NJDOT for Review
Anticipated Federal Authorization to Construct
Award Construction Contract*
Begin Construction after School Closing **
March 2017
May 2017
August 2017
October 2017
December 2017
June 2018 .
* Subject to NJDOT Authorization
** Construction to be completed during Summer Recess

8. QUESTIONS
AND
PUBLIC COMMENTS