In an attempt to get a Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex passenger rail line moving full steam ahead, the Monmouth County Freeholders are proposing two new less costly routes.
One is a Monmouth Junction route with a platform station connection, the other is a South Amboy route that would follow the same alignment as the Monmouth Junction until Jamesburg, then continue on the existing Amboy Secondary Freight Line right- of- way and connect with the North Jersey Coast Line.
"We really need to get off the dime here and get this project going, discussions about it started when I was on the Board of Freeholders in the mid-eighties," says Monmouth County Freeholder Deputy Director John D'Amico.
D'amico says the two routes would spur economic development in the vicinity of the new station stops and enhance property values in the areas that have easy access to the rail line.
By: Janet Fried
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