Full Notification

JCMUA project to close Observer Highway/Newark Street overnight next week 

The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) project to upgrade drinking water infrastructure to improve water flow redundancy will close Observer Highway and/or Newark Street during the overnight hours starting next week.  

• On Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. through Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8 a.m., Newark Street will be closed in both directions from Madison Street to Henderson Street.  
• On Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. through Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 a.m., Newark Street will be closed in both directions from Jefferson Street to Adams Street.  
• On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. through Friday Nov. 15, at 8 a.m., Newark Street/Observer Highway will be closed in both directions between Madison Street and Henderson Street. Marin Boulevard/Henderson Street will also be closed to northbound traffic from Observer Highway in Hoboken to 18th Street in Jersey City.   

Detours will be set up and signs will be in place ahead of closures. Police Officers will be on site to assist with detours, traffic control, and pedestrian safety. Drivers are advised to leave extra time entering or exiting Hoboken via southern routes during the overnight JCMUA work hours.  

Daily updates on road closures can be found on the Hoboken OEM X page: @HobokenOEM. Weekly construction schedules and associated traffic impacts for ongoing City projects, along with the City's new interactive construction map, can be found online at https://www.hobokennj.gov/construction.   

REMINDER: Port Authority to host an informational meeting on Hoboken PATH terminal closure 

Residents are reminded that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will host its first in-person public information session regarding the upcoming closure of the PATH Hoboken Station at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Hoboken Terminal, 1 Hudson Pl. 

Representatives from PATH and PANYNJ will be available to discuss the closure, as well as plans for travel alternatives while the station is closed for the month of February, during which time the station will undergo significant track and station upgrades.  

Another in-person meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at 2 Montgomery St. in Jersey City. A virtual public information session is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m.  

More information is available on the PATH Forward website. 

CAPS rescheduled 

The next Community and Public Safety (CAPS) meeting, scheduled for Nov. 13 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 11, at The Hive, 1000 Park Ave. from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.   

Residents are invited to meet with representatives of Hoboken Fire, Hoboken Office of Emergency Management, Hoboken Police, Hoboken EMS and Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and the Hoboken Health Division.    

Light refreshments will be served.