Bergen County freeholders want hearing with PA officials over GWB lane closings
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15, 2014, 11:46 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The Bergen County freeholders want the Port Authority’s chairman and its New Jersey commissioners to appear before them to explain their roles in the controversial lane closings that clogged traffic at the e George Washington Bridge for four days in September.
The invitation stems from a vote on Wednesday to table a last-minute attempt by the newest freeholder to call for the resignation of Port Authority Chairman David Samson and the New Jersey commissioners.
Freeholder James Tedesco asked the board to back a call for the resignations based on the unfolding scandal over what many see as an attempt to use the closing of the local toll lanes in Fort Lee as political payback against the borough’s Democratic mayor.
Tedesco, a former Paramus mayor, took the unusual step of waiting until last night’s meeting to submit his resolutions. He explained that he had spent 12 to 14 hours leading up to the meeting preparing the resolutions and could not get them to the board sooner.
But after several freeholders said they needed more time to consider the resolutions, the board unanimously voted to table them for 30 days so they could hear from Samson and the commissioners.
