Photo by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood NJ, A conceptual plan to improve the pedestrian underpass at the Ridgewood train station has piqued interest among several council members, who last Wednesday expressed desire to meet with New Jersey Transit (NJT) officials and discuss the potential ideas.
NJT recently completed a $40 million renovation project at the station to make Ridgewood’s transit hub accessible to disabled passengers and more convenient for all riders. That project, however, did not include improvement work to the underpass.
In its current condition, the underground walkway shows deteriorated walls, exposed rebar and general disrepair. Though it is out of sight to many village residents, the passageway is an eyesore to those who use it.
yes it needs it bad. the big problem is people going peeing and poop .that place smells . and I know the village cleans it all the time. but at times they just can not keep up with the drunks at night .the police need to cover that more at night,they have the time .
It is amazing that NJ transit spent $40 million on the station and ignored the underpass. What’s even more amazing is that they spent money on a dozen flat screen monitors and electronic displays that only worked for a short period of time and have been dark even since. Add to that new landcaping for the plaza and parking lot that was never tended to and allowed to die and/or become overgrown. A total waste of funds that could have been used to clean up the underpass instead.
I thought this wa sincluded int he recent renovation – this is unbeleivable.
and to top that after all that money they never replaced the dam windows in the train sta, .and never replaced the base bored heaters or painted them.what a scam. some one made a lot of money. so much work never got done.who was over looking the dam job,a blind person.for that kind of money the place should of had new window,s new heat base bored or painted the lot should of been repaved and the dam tunnel should of been repaired. that under walk needs more then a paint job.new lights,and more then you think.what are we gong to paint it and it will look nice and clean, but and I do mean but fix it right the first time. thanks