Activists said they would prefer to bring back the business tax surcharge that expired last year, which affected 3,000 businesses (the proposed transit tax will only hit 300 businesses). They also stressed that NJ Transit faces a budget gap next year that exceeds $700 million.
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Almost two years to the day before the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to kick off, the Assembly Tourism Committee met Monday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford to hear testimony about how New Jersey stands to benefit from the tournament.
The largest federal transit grant in history, $6.8 billion to build the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project between New Jersey and New York, has been approved by a federal agency, officials said.
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The New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) Board of Directors have approved contracts for the modernization of NJ Transit’s historic Brick Church station and for the replacement of the Brielle Drawbridge.
If congestion pricing wasn’t already synonymous with litigation, it is now. Another deluge of lawsuits could be coming in the next few weeks, this time from the advocates of congestion pricing who have formed a new coalition, led by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, in the aftermath of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s abrupt decision last week to pause the Manhattan tolling program she loudly supported until recently.
Coach USA said it has initiated court-supervised sales for its businesses, adding the move aims to “preserve jobs, ensure continued service and maximize the value of our businesses.” The company has 2,700 employees throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company "is operating as normal and remains focused on operating safely and serving customers."
Veteran commuters recall the 2010s had several summers of commuting "hell" prompted by failing old infrastructure on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line, and the agency doing critical repair work to fix it.
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Container ships continue to grow in size, so much that harbor channels are being deepened again and decks on spans like the Bayonne Bridge have been raised to accommodate them.
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Officials last week signed a $25 million grant agreement to fund a key early component of the Hudson Tunnel Project and broader Gateway Program The funding comes via the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Raise (RAISE) grant program. The June 2023 award covers the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge and Utility Relocation Project. That work is already underway in North Bergen.
State Department of Transportation officials will install a temporary bridge on Route 15 south over the Rockaway River after the loss of all southbound lanes on a 124-year old bridge that was being replaced, detouring tens of thousands of cars onto local Jefferson Township streets for the past four days.