>Port Newark/Port Elizabeth : Economic Power House in New Jersey
If you’ve ever seen the Regina Maersk try to squeak under the Bayonne Bridge, you’d realize it needs to be raised. Many ship “lighter” offshore right now which is dangerous and expensive. Some come in only on the lowest tides to fit under the bridge’ another dangerous condition. Raise the bridge or shut Port Newark/Port Elizabeth; the busiest container and automobile port on the east coast.
The alternative to Port Newark/Port Elizabeth is to build an offshore island to facility a deepwater with rail transfer capabilities (although we cant double and triple stack in this region) or let all of the cargo (and jobs, taxes, etc) go to Norfork or Nova Scotia. This is a regional commerce issue; not just about raising the Bayonne Bridge.
Unfortunately most people in this area are clueless as to the importance of the port to the regional economy.
