page_title: Port Imperial Street Circuit
section_title: Construction planning
hierarchical_section_title: Port Imperial Street Circuit / Construction planning
caption_attribution_description: English: Weehawken Port Imperial Ferry Terminal on Hudson River
context_page_description: The Port Imperial Street Circuit was a 2011 plan for a 3.2-mile motor racing circuit in Weehawken and West New York, New Jersey, in the United States, to be constructed on the Hudson Waterfront around Weehawken Port Imperial.
context_section_description: Event organiser Leo Hindery announced in June 2013 that the race has received all necessary local permits and that 31 contractors were engaged in preparation work for the course. The circuit will consist entirely of existing roads, removing the need to build any sections of circuit exclusively for the race, with the exception of the pit lane. A contract between the municipalities and the race promoters was signed in June 2013. That month, a long-awaited bridge between the building and the Port Imperial Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station, seen as an important component of public access to the circuit was opened.
  Construction of a previously planned parking garage at the NY Waterway ferry terminal began in July 2012, which is intended for use as race headquarters and paddock, with space for twenty-four pit garages. As envisioned, the ground floor of the building will normally function as retail space, to be transformed each year for use by the race. Construction was completed in the Summer of 2013. In November 2013 ground was broken for two hotels to be built above the parking facility.
  Resurfacing and other work on the roads to be used was planned for August to November 2013. In order to create a smooth surface, repaving was to be done in a staggered line or "echelon" so that asphalt will not cool as lanes are poured. It remained to be determined whether potential obstacles such as fire hydrants and traffic lights would have been moved.
  It was considered for the barriers used for the defunct Valencia Street Circuit to be used for the circuit.
caption: The Weehawken Port Imperial ferry terminal, adjacent to the start/finish line
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