Montclair Township took another step toward implementation of the Quiet Zone proposed to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in 2008 by publishing a Notice of Detailed Plan and Memoranda of Record. The Memorandum of Record for each crossing documents the supplemental safety measures and other improvements required to establish the Pre-Rule Quiet Zone by June 24, 2010.

Written comments on the detailed plan and/or memoranda of record will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on July 10, 2009.

Download the Montclair's Quiet Zone Notice of Detailed Plan and Memoranda of Record.

Mayor Jerry Fried, Representative Bill Pascrell, members of Council, Bike Montclair, municipal government, Montclair school administrators, and school children gathered at Rand School on Monday for the Mayor''s official announcement of the Township's receipt of a $334,000 Safe Routes To Schools grant.

The Township of Montclair has been awarded $334,000 BY THE N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) for a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. SRTS is a federal, state and local effort to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school and to make walking and bicycling to school safe and appealing.

This is the second such award the Township received – in 2007 Montclair was awarded a $324,000 SRTS grant for the Rand School.

To show a commitment to a town-wide SRTS program the Township established an SRTS Task Force in November 2006 with the aim of expanding the program to all public elementary and middle schools. The Task Force was headed by the Township’s Assistant Planner Patrick Franco, and included Township Engineer Kimberli Craft, Environmental Coordinator Gray Russell, Bike Montclair president Laura Torchio, Kathy Smith and Joanne Aidala from the Montclair Health and Wellness Partnership, Susan Bartol from the Rand School, and Officers John Timchak and Dan Pronti from the Montclair Police Department. The Task Force prepared the successful grant application for a town-wide SRTS program.