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“Jim” McGreevey’s Xanadu agreement relies on plan for improved traffic access to and from Meadowlands

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“Jim” McGreevey’s Xanadu agreement relies on plan for improved traffic access to and from Meadowlands

MARCH 14, 2014, 7:04 PM
BY JOHN BRENNAN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

NJ Transit and the state Turnpike Authority have agreed to improve access to and from the Meadowlands Sports Complex as part of the deal reached earlier this week between the Giants and Jets and Triple Five, the developer of the American Dream project.

The agreement — reached as a settlement of the legal dispute between the teams and the developer over the traffic impact of Triple Five’s plan to add indoor water and amusement parks to the site — does not limit the hours the entertainment and retail complex can be open on game days and provides no compensation to the teams.

Rather, it relies on a comprehensive transportation plan involving state agencies, Triple Five and the teams to resolve the dispute, which at times had prompted the National Football League franchises to warn of a traffic “nightmare” if Triple Five was allowed to open on game days at hours when fans were coming and going.

When it became public this week, the agreement was hailed by officials as a step that would allow for work to resume at the project site, which has sat idle since 2009 when it was known as Xanadu. Indeed, Governor Christie, who has been a champion of Triple Five’s American Dream plan as an engine for economic development, predicted construction would begin right away, now that the teams and the company have made peace.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/american-dream-agreement-relies-on-plan-for-improved-traffic-access-to-and-from-meadowlands-1.741616#sthash.LBaF7pEN.dpuf

4 thoughts on ““Jim” McGreevey’s Xanadu agreement relies on plan for improved traffic access to and from Meadowlands

  1. Still blaming McGreevey???

    1. he was behind Xanadu , his name should be on it

  2. McGreevey was the worst governor we ever had.
    He added more state employees *& pensions and benefits*
    He added more debt.
    He was worse than Florio.
    His mistakes continue to cost taxpayers money every year.

  3. I don’t know about that # 1

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