BRIDGETON — Thirty-one municipalities in the Third Legislative District have been awarded funding totaling $4.7 million from the NJ Department of Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2010 Municipal Aid Program, according to Senate Majority Leader Stephen M. Sweeney, Assembly Deputy Speaker John J. Burzichelli, and Assemblywoman Celeste M. Riley.

“It is important that as we continue to face a difficult enonomic situation, we remember that there are projects that are necessary to public safety that should not be forgotten,” Riley said. “These projects will all help to improve public safety, while simultaneously providing additional jobs, in these municipalities.

“The improvements that the municipalities will be able to undergo as a result of this funding will continue to make the Third District a great place to live and work.”

The Transportation Trust Fund Third District recipients, locally, are as follows:

Bridgeton: Reconstruction of Cedarbrook Avenue and Spring Street, $198,198

Commercial Township: Reconstruction of Osborne Drive, Tyson Terrace and Colone Drive, $160,000

Deerfield Township: Resurfacing of South Shiloh Avenue, $170,000

Downe Township: Laura Avenue & Budney Avenue, $70,000

Fairfield Township: Reconstruction of Buck Street and Elmer Avenue, $135,000

Greenwich Township: Reconstruction of Wible Road, $75,000

Hopewell Township: Resurfacing of Orchard Crest Drive Section II and Appletree Court, $110,000

Lawrence Township: Resurfacing of Lumistown Road, Section I, $170,000

Shiloh Borough: Reconstruction of Walnut Street and Buttonwood Avenue, $170,000

Upper Deerfield Township: Reconstruction of First, Second, Third, and Fourth Avenues, West End Avenue, and Central Avenue, $170,000

Greenwich Township: South Orchard Street, $140,000

Pittsgrove Township: Reconstruction of Big Oak Road and Kenyon Avenue, $150,000

Quinton Township: Resurfacing of Waterworks Road, Phase II, $142,000

Woodstown Borough: various, $142,000

The NJDOT Municipal Aid Program is a competitive program that provides $78.75 million annually for municipal aid from the TTF. This year, in order to further assist municipalities across the state, an additional $25 million from the TTF has been provided.