How Turnpike Authority will spend $8.25 million
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority last month announced a $9.7 billion list of road and bridge construction projects it planned to take on by locking in three toll hikes over the next 14 years. Instead,...
View ArticleAtlantic City Expressway tolls now higher
Tolls have just increased on the Atlantic City Expressway. The South Jersey Transportation Authority announced last week that the recently approved toll increase would kick into effect today at 12:01...
View ArticleTolls just jumped on Turnpike and Parkway
Tolls were just increased by 40 percent on the New Jersey Turnpike and 43 percent on the Garden State Parkway. The new toll rates are available here. It's tough to summarize all the new tolls, given...
View ArticleSnow buries state transportation conference
Given how public officials preach during snowstorms that drivers should stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary, it was probably a relatively easy call to postpone Monday's planned 6th Annual...
View ArticleGOP revives Corzine toll plan for Labor Day ad
The Republican Governors Association, which has funded much of the paid-advertising response by the GOP to Gov. Jon Corzine's campaign this summer, today launched a radio ad aimed at New Jerseyans...
View ArticleSnow kidding: Fines coming for not clearing car
Gov. Jon Corzine today signed seven bills into law, including one that requires drivers to make all reasonable efforts to remove ice or snow from their vehicle and establishes a fine of $25 to $75 if...
View ArticleSpinning the NYT interviews
Both Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican candidate for governor Chris Christie spun out web ads based off a New York Times story late last week in which the incumbent seemed to touch the "asset...
View ArticleProjected transportation spending reduced $2.6 billion over 10 years
Gov. Chris Christie's Department of Transportation is projecting that the state will spend $260.28 million less per year each year over the next decade than Gov. Jon Corzine's administration projected...
View ArticleA step toward privatizing Turnpike, Parkway toll takers?
There's apparently a bit of legislative stirring in support of Gov. Chris Christie's privatization task force report. Senate President Stephen Sweeney proposed legislation (S2245) on Monday that...
View ArticleChristie on NJ highway toll hikes: Corzine’s fault
Gov. Chris Christie during a radio interview with WOR-AM's John Gambling Thursday distanced himself from the 50 percent toll increases taking effect Sunday on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey...
View ArticleWhat can you buy in N.J. for $775? Compare Christie’s list and Quickies’ list
Gov. Chris Christie’s communications staff today trotted out a new version of an old favorite. In pushing once again for a tax cut proposed by Christie, his staff released what New Jerseyans could buy...
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Bill on installing electric vehicle charging stations on NJ toll roads...
Three years after a similar bill received Assembly approval but died in a Senate committee, lawmakers are trying again to mandate installing electric vehicle charging stations at rest stops of New...
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