BREAKING UP PA WOULD SOLVE CHRISTIE’S TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND PROBLEM
Tapping Port Authority toll revenues would enable the governor to avoid racking up massive debt or raising the gas tax — two bad moves during the 2016 presidential primaries.
Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to dismantle the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in order to give each state control more than $1.3 billion in annual tolls would solve his biggest fiscal headache: where to find $1.6 billion a year in state revenue to renew theTransportation Trust Fund (TTF) without adding massive state debt or raising gas taxes right in the middle of the 2016 presidential primaries.
New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statement this weekend that he might support Christie’s proposal to break up the Port Authority caused consternation among transportation experts, who believe that splitting the agency in two would lead to more dysfunction in transportation development and less long-term regional thinking and planning.(Magyar/NJSpotlight)
And all that toll money would flow south. Like what happened with the Camden light rail boondoggle
Just imagine what could be done with that toll money if it wasn’t being sucked up by 6 figure salaries.
Just cannot trust Christie.
Ha Ha good one
I trust him a lot more than your boy McGreevy or Florio