MIDDLETOWN – The City of Middletown is going to purchase the old Middletown and New Jersey Railroad station a block from the downtown business district, upgrade and bring it up to current standards.
Mayor Joseph DeStefano said it is another step in preserving the city’s history.
“Trains and Middletown go together. We are going to buy it to preserve it and to develop, maintain and preserve it,” he said. The city will also seek concepts and qualifications for uses and will create a bulkhead parking for the rail trail for people to park and walk around.
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (D, Forestburgh) secured $500,000 for the project. Of that, the cost of the building is $180,000 with the remaining $320,000 to be spent on upgrading the facility.
