View of the Delaware  Bay  from the Bayshore Coastal Heritage Byway

FILE CABINET: (right click to download)

Project Overview and schedule (PDF)
Original Proposal Submittal by L/KLA team (PDF 28mb) - warning large file!

Turn by Turn Travel Directions (PDF)


Corridor Management Committee Meetings


CMC  #1:  Visions and Goals ( Oct. 24, 2011)
- Draft Meeting notes (download here)
- Presentation (
view online here)


Public Workshop #1: (Nov. 16-17, 2011)
- Flyer/Mailer (download here  - 1.4mb)  
- Press Release (download here)

FAQ  (link to NJDOT FAQ page)
- Presentation (view show online)
- Meeting Summaries (Drafts)
   • Cumberland County (Nov. 16) - PDF
   • Cape May County (Nov. 17) - PDF
   • Salem County (Nov. 17) - PDF

CMC  #2: Preservation and Conservation (Jan. 19, 2012)
 - Agenda (PDF)
 - Presentation (
view show online)
 - Handouts 
   • Summary of Issues Raised at Public Meetings - PDF
   • Draft Vision and Goals - PDF
   • Institutional Survey (as of 1/19)  - (PDF)
 - Meeting Summary 
- PDF

CMC #3: Enhancement (Feb. 16, 2012)
- Agenda (PDF)
- Presentation (view show online)
- Handout: Corridor Definition- (PDF)
- Handout: Discussion outline (PDF)
- Meeting Notes (PDF)


CMC #4: Heritage Tourism (March 15, 2012)
- Agenda and discussion outline (PDF)
- Presentation (view show online)
- Handout:  Points of Interest List (PDF)
- Handout: Points of Interest Criteria (PDF)

- Handout: Opportunities Map (revised see CMC #5)
- Meeting Notes (PDF)

PAST MEETING:
CMC  #5: Interpretive Development (April 19, 2012)
- Agenda/Discussion Outline  (PDF)

- Map Handout (revised Opportunities Map) (PDF

- Presentation (view show online)
- Meeting notes (coming soon)


NEXT MEETING:
CMC #6:  Safety and Signage (May 17, 2012)
- Agenda/Discussion Outline (PDF)
(New)
- Draft list of proposed enhancement projects (PDF)
(New)
- Presentation (to be posted after the meeting)
- Meeting notes (to be posted after the meeting)


Future meeting dates (tentative)

Public Workshop #2: Did we get it right? Review draft plan recommendations at one of the following locations (TBD)
June 20, 2012- Cape May County late aft/early evening
June 21, 2012 - Cumberland County (early afternoon)
June 21, 2012 - Salem County (evening)

CMC #7: Draft Plan/Implementation  July 19, 2012

Draft Documents and Maps


Appendix 2:  Draft Inventory Maps
1. Corridor Definition - linkages and sites
(PDF)
2. Corridor Definition - viewshed (PDF)
3. 
Character Areas Map (PDF)
4. Protected Lands - (PDF)
5. Historic Qualities (PDF)
6. Recreational Qualities (PDF)
7. Getting to the Byway (PDF)
(New)
8. Heritage Tourism Opportunities Map (PDF(Rev 4-17-12)

Appendix 3:  Visual Survey )
Character Areas Map (PDF)
Visual Survey Results (PDF)

Appendix 3:  Physical Survey  

Summary (PDF) - warning 35mb file with photos
Physical Survey Maps (PDF file - 4.3 mb)

Appendix 3:  Institutional Survey 

Updated Draft as of 2/13/2012 (PDF)

Appendix 4:  Recreation Site Inventory (New)
Updated Draft as of 4/12/2012 (PDF)

Appendix 5: Highway Safety Analysis Maps/Tables (New)
Updated Drafts as of 4/12/2012 - warning large files (10mb)
Map 1 – Functional Classification (PDF)
Map 2 – Roadway Characteristics (PDF)
Map 3 – Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities (PDF)
Map 4 – Traffic Volumes (PDF)
Map 5 – Crash History (PDF)
Map 6 – TIP Projects 2008-2012  (PDF)
Table 1 - TIP Projects 2008-2012 (PDF)


Links and Resources

NJDOT Scenic Byway Program Web Site

Bayshore Heritage Byway Official Route Map (2.3mb)

Bayshore Heritage Byway 2009 Byway Nomination Package (Warning:  Large File of 43mb!)

FHWA Scenic Byway Program Web Site

Kresge Foundation - Arts and Community Building Grants due February 1

National Endowment for the Arts:  Our Town - deadline March 1 and Art Works - deadline March 8

ANJEC  2012 Sustainable Land Use Planning Grants, Applications Available, Deadline March 30

NJ Cultural Trust Grants letter of intent due March 29





BAYSHORE HERITAGE BYWAY
CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Bayshore Heritage Byway is continuing with its corridor management planning phase and invites participation from all interested groups and individuals to attend and participate in advisory committee meetings.  They will be conducted the 3rd Thursday of the month through May.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The next CMC Meeting (#6)  "Transportation Strategies" is scheduled for:

Thursday, May 17, 2012
1 to 3 pm

Old Salem Court House  - 2nd Floor meeting room
    83 Market Street, Salem, NJ 08079



AGENDA
The sixth CMC meeting will focus on strategies for ensuring that visitors can travel the route safely with a wide range of transportation choices, feel comfortable about traveling the route and getting out of their car and enjoying the communities along the byway, and doing so in a way that will not detract from the overall byway experience by using context sensitive design strategies.
Item 1 - Introductions and brief review of CMC #5
Item 2 - Existing transportation conditions and issues
Item 3 - Proposed strategies
Item 4 - Review of proposed transportation related enhancements for the byway
Item 5 - Next steps
  
 
HOLD THE DATES June 20 and 21, 2012:
Please join us at one of three public meetings along the Bayshore Heritage Byway Corridor to review and discuss the draft recommendations.  At each meeting we will:
  • Present the draft Byway Management recommendations and listen to your input regarding those recommendations
  • Discuss management and funding strategies
  • Discuss ways to increase awareness and recognition including opportunities for gaining national designations as a heritage area and/or a scenic byway
Times and Locations coming soon.


UPDATE:  ROUTE MODIFICATION PROPOSAL APPROVED!

We received a Resolution of Support from the Delaware River and Bay Authority on April 17th and Cindy Bloom-Cronin was able to submit the total package - including the spur to the Cape May/Lewes Ferry Terminal - to the NJDOT Commissioner.  The Commissioner approved the revision to the route on April 18th so it is official. Additionally, with the spur to the Terminal, the State of Delaware is very interested in working with us to make the Bayshore Heritage Byway into a loop and a bi-state byway.
 
Thank you to everyone involved.  This is great news!


PROJECT OVERVIEW
In 2009, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJ DOT) and the byway sponsor, the South Jersey Bayshore Coalition (SJBC), received a grant for the Bayshore Heritage Byway to proceed with the next step following designation
as a state scenic byway: the development of a Corridor Management Plan (CMP). The purpose of the CMP is to help SJBC, NJ DOT, and Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties protect and promote the rich natural and cultural resources found throughout the byway corridor and provide strategies for sustainable tourism development based on that heritage.

The purpose of this web page is to provide easy access to resources, presentations, meeting notes, draft and final reports utilized in the conduct of the study.


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