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Hudson County to spend $7.5 million on upgrading Jersey City's Lincoln Park

By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal
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on September 29, 2014 at 5:02 PM, updated September 29, 2014 at 6:49 PM

Hudson County will spend more than $7 million on four projects in Jersey City's Lincoln Park, including the restoration of a historic fountain, the expansion of existing bleachers, the installation of pedestrian walkway lighting, as well as bicycle lane improvements. Photos taken on Monday Sept. 29, 2014. Michael Dempsey | The Jersey Journal

Hudson County will spend more than $7 million on four projects in Jersey City’s Lincoln Park, including the restoration of a historic fountain, the expansion of existing bleachers, the installation of pedestrian walkway lighting, as well as bicycle lane improvements.

On Sept. 11 the Hudson County Freeholders awarded the $6.7 million contract to restore the fountain to Nicholas and Galloway, Inc. of New York. The project is expected to begin next month and will take an about a year to complete, Hudson County spokesman Jim Kennelly said.

Hudson County Freeholder Bill O’Dea said the fountain, which is located near the park's entrance at West Side and Belmont avenues, was last overhauled in the late 1980s. Designed by sculptor Pierre J. Cheronin, the fountain was completed in 1911 but no longer functions optimally, O'Dea said.

"We love all our other parks but Lincoln Park is the flagship park," Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said. "We have known about the condition of this fountain and also the cost, but anyone who lives in Hudson County knows that it is something we have to do."

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