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County Courthouse Parking Lot Closed for 2 Years

A parking lot adjacent to the Bergen County courthouse in Hackensack will shutter to undergo 2 years of construction next week.

The renovations will make way for a $115 million, 6-story county justice center, according to a report on northjersey.com.

Patrons of the Court Street lot have been directed instead to use the parking lot a half mile away at 150 River St.

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Shuttles are scheduled from the lot to the courthouse and back between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., according to the report.

County freeholders OK’d $777,660 in June to lease the 554 spot River Street lot until July 2015. 

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Preliminary site work is expected to begin at the Court Street location in August, with construction commencing in December, according to northjersey.com.


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