Tunneling for Parkland.

The article reports that a New Jersey highway project turns a traffic jam into an open space plan for neighboring residents. In the middle-1990s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recognized that the situation was unacceptable from the traffic, environmental and human perspective and undertook the Route 29 tunnel and its companion deck park project to ensure efficient traffic operations and improve the quality of life in the area. The Route 29 South Riverwalk Park, which has become the focal point of the Trenton waterfront, was constructed on the roof of a cut-and-cover tunnel section of Route 29. Landscape architects developed a series of arched structures, each designed to be evocative of the century it represents, and located in an octagonal area representing that century. In addition to NJDOT's Route 29 park, Trenton is performing planning, design and coordination services for a number of interrelated park projects along the Delaware River waterfront. These include a one-mile pedestrian path and bikeway, and reconstruction of an existing fishing wharf and park.