ROUTE 18 WIDENING READY TO MOVE
The early stages of the long-awaited massive Route 18 widening in New Brunswick is expected to get underway this summer. Although work already has begun to move utilities to make way for construction, there will be no lane closures during the first several months of the project. New Brunswick and Rutgers University officials are awaiting results of a traffic study on how best to redesign traffic routes to reduce congestion during the four years of construction.

EXPANSION PLANNED FOR JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune will embark next year on a $235 million expansion that will include a five-story pavilion, a diagnostic and treatment building and a 975-car parking garage. The hospital is hopeful of receiving approvals by the Neptune Planning Board by fall.

SAYREVILLE WANTS PARKWAY RAMP TO PROPOSED SPORTSPLEX SITE
Sayreville officials are seeking agreement to build an exit ramp off the Garden State Parkway to a 400-acre waterfront tract they hope will be the site of a sports complex, shops, restaurants and offices. Requests for proposals were mailed to about 40 potential developers and must be submitted in September to the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Agency.

MOTORSPORTS RACEWAY AT MILLVILLE AIRPORT MOVES AHEAD
The first step has been completed for a proposed New Jersey Motorsports Park and Conference Center near Millville Airport. The Delaware River and Bay Authority authorized a Memorandum of Understanding to amend the DRBA’s lease of the airport. The privately financed Motorsports Park would have a 4.1 mile circuit raceway, making it one of the longest road courses in North America.

NEW PORT PLANNED FOR SOUTH JERSEY
The South Jersey Port Corporation authorized a $135 million bond issue to develop a new port in Paulsboro, Gloucester County, as an expansion of the Corporation’s Camden port to the north. The 190-acre project will provide berths for six ships and will accommodate mainly bulk cargo, with limited capacity to handle containers. The Camden port last year handled a record cargo volume of more than 3.4 million tons.

ANOTHER CHANGE COMING FOR NEW BRUNSWICK SKYLINE
New Brunswick’s revitalization construction boom continues as the city’s Planning Board has approved site plans for two downtown 11-story towers on French street. Plans by the AST Development Corp. of Lavallette call for a $67 million mix of offices and condominiums, an 854-space parking deck and first floor retail.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Dr. Thomas Gallia has been appointed as Vice President for University Relations at Rowan University. His new division includes media relations, marketing, publications and internet operations. Off campus, Dr. Gallia is involved with community based economic development initiatives and is a member of the Board of the Southern New Jersey Development Council.

John P. Sheridan Jr., one of New Jersey's most respected attorneys and former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, will join the management team at The Cooper Health System in Camden on July 1, 2005 as Senior Executive Vice President.

Susan Bass Levin, the state Community Affairs commissioner for more than three years, will leave the post on July 1 to become chief of operations for U.S. Senator Jon Corzine’s gubernatorial campaign. Veteran DCA Assistant Commissioner Charles A. Richman of Freehold will become acting commissioner until January when a new governor takes office.

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