Posted on 05/16/2025 11:06:43 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said he’s considering taking legal action in the form of a civil rights lawsuit against the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Bhalla said this is an effort to prevent the planned expansion of the turnpike, PIX11 News reported.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Michael Fulop also announced Wednesday, May 14, at the “Rage Against the Turnpike” rally that his city will challenge the project in court, according to the Jersey City Times.
“If you care about health, if you care about the environment, if you care about mass transit, it would lead you to the conclusion that this project is wrong for New Jersey,” Fulop said, as reported by the news outlet.
The litigation comes after a finding by the U.S. Coast Guard that the first phase of the turnpike expansion project would not cause significant environmental harm. The Coast Guard issued permits for the first phase of the project in early May.
The Coast Guard’s decision came shortly after the Trump administration revoked protections in January 2025 meant to prevent environmental harm in minority and low-income communities. …
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More “racist” highways?
Yeah; this nonsense again.
And then they will bitch that they can’t get anywhere and the roads are too crowded...
No turnpike expansion?
No Worries!
Just take to the air, and rely on the vaunted New Jersey Air Traffic Control.
Uhhhhhh.......Oh........Uhhhhhh
Never mind.
Sunny beaches they said...
It sounds like the NIMBYs are coming out of hibernation.
According to the lawsuit, your transportation speed should be regressed to 1840 speeds, or something. For progress!!!
New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Washington, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and California are all run by wackos.
You forgot Pennsylvania.
As it happened, our group won the fight based on an obscure home rule law. We then participated in an administrative planning hearing that reviewed the merits of the project on traffic planning factors and a cost benefit analysis. The hearing officer ruled definitively in our favor and against the road project being revived.
As we knew and proved at hearing, the planning professionals were quietly against the project as wasteful and unnecessary. The project was pushed though because it offered a massive payday for road builders and real estate speculators along the route. Supportive politicians were given shady deals and campaign contributions to favor the road.
The same dynamic of corruption is almost certainly underway in New Jersey behind this road project. My sympathies are with the opponents.
How is Orlando’s road congestion now?
Not saying that the project you mention was the solution to any touted problem at all; just wanted to think of alternatives that were not under government control.
Relatively inexpensive and quick improvements in traffic signals and sensors tend to be neglected even though they usually offer better value than massive road projects.
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