A petition filed by environmental groups calls on NJDOT and the Turnpike Authority to stop a $4.7B N.J. Turnpike widening because, they claim, it doesn't meet Murphy's climate change policies.
to and from the Holland Tunnel while it is in the permitting process.
Petitions also faulted the Turnpike Authority’s 2020-29 strategic plan, 10-year capital plan, rules and website for having no mention about ways to reduce climate change or about environmental justice for communities along the toll road that have been affected by pollution, respiratory diseases and traffic.
The petition was filed by EmpowerNJ, representing 135 faith, community and environmental groups, BlueWaveNJ, Clean Water Action NJ, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Don’t Gas the Meadowlands Coalition, Environment New Jersey, Food & Water Watch, and the New Jersey Sierra Club. The second phase replaces the two lane highway and bridges with a three lane road in both directions, plus shoulders, between Exit 14A in Bayonne and the Columbus Drive exit in Jersey City.
The petition goes further, demanding both the Turnpike Authority and State Department of Transportation adopt rules to establish a pollution reduction strategy to, require any highway expansion project meets a climate impact test by showing it doesn’t conflict with those 2030 goals and that it meets his goal of reducing green house gases by 80% by 2050.
“NJTA should not be spending tens of billions of dollars on highway expansions without a rigorous analysis of whether they are worth the cost,” it was stated in the petition. “NJTA has not shown how its projects would improve traffic congestion.”
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