Governor Murphy, Commissioner LaTourette and elected officials break ground on the nearly one-mile Newark segment of the Greenway project

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Today (7/15), Governor Phil Murphy joined local, county and state officials in Newark to break ground on the first phase of the Greenway project – a nine-mile, 100-foot-wide former rail line spanning Essex and Hudson counties which will be transformed into New Jersey’s newest state park.

Expected to open by the end of 2026, the Newark phase of the project will allow walkers, joggers and cyclists to travel from Branch Brook Park Drive to Broadway on a meandering ADA-accessible trail lined with native plantings.

Check out a video recap of the groundbreaking ceremony.