[Dalberg-Acton]

More “racist” highways?

[packrat35]

And then they will bitch that they can’t get anywhere and the roads are too crowded...

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

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.

[Libloather]

Sunny beaches they said...

[230FMJ]

It sounds like the NIMBYs are coming out of hibernation.

[ConservativeMind]

New Jersey, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Washington, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and California are all run by wackos.

[Rockingham]

Some years ago in the Orlando area, I was part of a group of locals who fought and defeated a major toll road project. Most of the time, the opponents lose such battles because the planning and political processes are rigged to favor such projects without an open examination of the merits.

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.