Former New Jersey Governor Christie is advised on how the Garden state fights congestion prices.
Christie, Governor Phil Murphy, uses his influence at the Port Bureau in New York and New Jersey to prevent money from continuous renovation at John F. Kennedy and Lagardia Airport in the city. He said he should do it. Please give a break to the jersey commuter.
“This is an important project for New York,” Christie posted on Thursday. “Do you want to have a bloody price? Stop these projects until New Jersey gets better transactions.”
The PA is jointly operated by the appointment of both the governor of the state, supervising the airport, port, the Hudson river intersection, and the midtown bus terminal.
Christie negotiates a better transaction of a Garden State Driver, who paid a double -traffic fee to enter Manhattan, in a crowded zone in the south of the 60th Avenue, in both Lincoln or the Netherlands tunnel. He stated that it could be used as a leverage to do. New Jersey drivers will earn $ 3 from $ 9 congestion tolls. This will expand to $ 15 in the future.
“This is a much bigger problem for New Jersey,” he added. “New York is still trying to raise the toll. This is a New Jersey problem that needs to be corrected.”
Christie states that the jersey driver should at least get a larger credit in the toll, or Murphy can negotiate a part of the revenue from a fee to make a profit to NJ transit. Was stated. The revenue from the congestion price setting plan is currently used to support the funding of the Metropolitan transportation bureau, which operates the New York bus, subway, and railway lines east of Hudson.
“I would have done it in a different way. Christie said that prior to Toll's rollout on January 5, he would have funded the New York Project.
But Christie added that it is not too late.
“This is a tool that the New Jersey Governor can always use,” he said. “There is nothing to eliminate him [Murphy] Because I do that now. “
Christie maintained the funds for the New York Project, which was part of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, when he fought to upgrade the Bayonne Bridge and responded to a large ship that passed under it. 。
Democratic member Spokesman paid for Christie's proposed power play and referred to the notorious Bridge Gate scandal of the Christie administration.
Christie's allies took action in Fortly, New Jersey to create traffic congestion, leading to George Wasing Hongton Bridge.
Republican member Christie denied that he knew about the plan to close the lane on the bridge, but when he ran for the president, he did politically damaged.
“It's not surprising to see Chris Christie opposing plans to reduce traffic, given his widely known attempts to cause some traffic issues in Fort Lee.” Hochulu's spokesman, Avi Small, said.
Democratic member Murphy refused to comment on Christie's advice.
Murphy opposed the congestion sacrifice, filed a federal lawsuit to block it, and even appealed to President Trump to withdraw it.
He also offers a generous new york subsidy to allow jersey commuters to work in the garden state, instead of going to Manhattan to pay more traffic.
Renewing the release of funds in the PA can become a split game, which can lead to Hochulu's alliance and retaliation from officials in New York, which stalls jersey project funds.
New Jersey, including the construction of a pass train connected to Manhattan, Newsque Airport, and the construction of a new bus terminal for Times Square, which mainly provides commuters in New Jersey, is a high -priority in projects operated or supervised by PAs. I have.
