ALLIED JUNCTION SECAUCUS TRANSFER STATION - PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP/

This paper describes the more than 30 years of planning and programmin g of the Allied Junction/Secaucus Transfer Station project under const ruction in the Hackensack NJ. Meadowlands, the companion improvements to the NJ TRANSIT rail network in northern New Jersey, and enhancement to the local and regional road system in the Meadowlands area. Projec t costs are estimated at approximately $1.25 billion. The unique attri butes of about 11.3 ha (28 acres) of land owned by Allied Junction Cor poration at the intersection of the Northeast Corridor Line, Bergen Co unty Line, and Main Line, on which the 19,045 m(2) (205,000 ft(2)) tra nsfer station and some 371,600 m(2) (4,000,000 ft(3)) of adjoining mix ed-use development will be located, are described. The roles of NJ TRA NSIT and Allied Junction Corporation in the creation of the nation's l argest public/private partnership are reviewed, together with current project status, and estimated project costs of rail improvements, road way improvements, site development, mitigation of wetlands/floodplain impact, and buildings. Also addressed are probable funding sources fro m the public and private sectors, and environmental assessment/permitt ing from over 50 Federal, State, and local agencies having jurisdictio n over various aspects of this major project.