Hackensack River
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Oct 19, 2026
Bill McGeeneyHOST
What are you guys going to look to use the grant money for?
Steve MaricondaGUEST
One example that's coming off the top of my head, we're looking to get a grant from the Hudson River Foundation and partnering with Fairleigh Dickinson University to do a study of phytoplankton, basically help the researchers out there do a study of how artificial light affects the Hackensack River in North Jersey and just try to get some data there to build up some of the science and have it be applicable to local urban areas in New Jersey.
Bill McGeeneyHOST
Are there a lot of projects on the riverways that are trying to kind of rejuvenate those rivers?
Steve MaricondaGUEST
Yes.
Steve MaricondaGUEST
I mean, both the Hackensack River and the Passaic River, which are up closer to New York City, are EPA Superfund sites below a certain area.
Steve MaricondaGUEST
There are a lot of factories there.
Steve MaricondaGUEST
that area traditionally so they're actively going under restoration and just our coalition is trying to highlight the areas like the areas that are not being looked at in terms of environmental factors that may harm river wildlife so that's one example of a grant we're pursuing and we're looking into some like architectural grants and things like that find some participating businesses and like do like do some actual retrofit projects and before and after and try and gauge how it can improve the area
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
Why is this happening?
Michael SchreiberHOST
It's that Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River.
Michael SchreiberHOST
The old one-
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
Mm
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
They basically already had a game plan this morning.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
We can basically expect around 30,000 extra commuters to commute through Hoboken during this cutover work, and crews are basically moving one track from the old Portal Bridge to the new one over the Hackensack River.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
And we can expect to deal with these service changes for the next five weeks.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
Up to November 15th, there will be limited service between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus, so fewer trains will also run into New York's Penn Station on the northeast corridor and New Jersey coastline.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, Heather, I think you and I are probably going to be everyone's least favorite reporters and traffic anchors relaying this bad news to everyone.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
But we can expect to deal with these service changes in the coming weeks because, like you mentioned, crews are moving that final track from the old portal bridge to the new one over the Hackensack River.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
So what does this mean for you? We're basically service is going to be impacted for the next five weeks.
Jaysha PatelCORRESPONDENT
If you take a look at your screen, this is basically what we can expect.
Janae PierreHOST
NJ Transit says on weekdays, trains on the Morris & Essex, Gladstone, and Montclair-Boonton lines that normally run to Penn Station will instead end in Hoboken.
Janae PierreHOST
This is happening so crews can move the final track from the Portal Bridge onto its replacement over the Hackensack River.
Janae PierreHOST
Affected riders can transfer to the PATH, ferries, or buses to reach Manhattan.
Janae PierreHOST
NJ Transit says trains will go back to normal on November 15th.
Michael HillCORRESPONDENT
In Hoboken, riders can get to the city by path, ferries, or buses.
Michael HillCORRESPONDENT
This is so crews can move the final track from the Portal Bridge onto its replacement over the Hackensack River.
Michael HillCORRESPONDENT
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Michael HillCORRESPONDENT
61 with clouds now, mostly sunny today, a high of 72.
Jen UrsulaHOST
Commuters may feel a little pain, but New Jersey transit officials say the payoff will be felt in about five weeks when the portal bridge cutover opens.
Jen UrsulaHOST
New Jersey Transit and Amtrak have begun the final cutover phase to transfer the final track from the old portal bridge that was built 116 years ago to the new portal north bridge over the Hackensack River.
Jen UrsulaHOST
This final construction phase will last until November 15th.
Jen UrsulaHOST
with normal schedules resuming the next day.