The bi-state agency voted 13-2 on Wednesday to dole out $20 million in funds to non-transportation projects, including $2 million to the Pennsauken-based Food Bank of South Jersey. Other projects receiving funds are: $6 million for a cancer center at Cooper University Hospital in Camden; $4 million for improvements to a rowing course on the Cooper River in Pennsauken; $2 million for a student dorm on
Rutgers University’s Camden campus; $4.3 million for site work at the former state prison in Camden; $1 million for a transit village development near PATCO’s Ferry Avenue Station in Camden; and $400,000 to stabilize a pier in Gloucester City. http://bit.ly/tTL4gp
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