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Port Authority defends huge toll hike, calling it ‘absolutely necessary’…lol
Despite a negative reaction from both governors to a proposed hike in bridge and tunnel tolls of $6 in two phases, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is defending the increase as “absolutely necessary” and says it will stand by its initial proposal.
“It is absolutely necessary to ensure the financial strength of the Port Authority,” the agency’s executive director, Christopher Ward, said in a statement issued today.
Ward’s late-afternoon statement came on the eve of Tuesday’s eight public hearings scheduled at Port Authority facilities in the two states (see full list of hearings below), and was the first time an official of the bi-state agency was quoted by name defending the hike. (Strunsky, The Star-Ledger)
