Press Release 2/24/22

SOUTH AMBOY – Large or small, any municipality that is a home to mass transportation has to be ready to monitor and respond to emergencies.  That difficult job became a bit easier for the South Amboy Police Department with its recent launch of a city-wide closed circuit camera system.  

This new system, funded through a legislative grant arranged by Speaker Craig Coughlin [D-19], is comprised of 37 camera locations that monitor the NJ Transit Station in the City and all road and pedestrian access points to the transit hub.  

Powered by the Verizon FIOS network, the system is operational around the clock and provides live and recorded video streams that are fed directly to the South Amboy Police Dispatch center.

“In addition to the upgrade of our downtown streetlights to LED, this grant opportunity allowed us to obtain a state-of-the-art camera system that will allow for constant monitoring of public spaces in and around the NJ Transit station” said Mayor Fred Henry.  “Moving forward we plan to integrate a similar system in our Ferry Terminal complex that will allow seamless operation to the existing network.”

South Amboy is one of the first four designated New Jersey Transit villages and upon completion of their ferry terminal will be the only community with that designation to have both rail and ferry service in close proximity.  

“Leveraging grant opportunities like this have stimulated robust waterfront residential development in the City” said Business Administrator Glenn Skarzynski.  “With the unprecedented demand for market rate housing coupled with our very desirable waterfront location and easy availability of mass transit, South Amboy has seen a boom in redevelopment projects”.

Later this year construction of two warehouse projects on lower Main Street on the north end of the City are expected to begin as well as a new sanitary sewer pumping station.

“As we continue to grow, my administration will continue to work on infrastructure improvements to support development projects and provide optimum services for all of our residents”, Henry said.

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