Sen. Michael Doherty decries accident figures being used to support bridge project
TRENTON – A state lawmaker and outspoken critic of a proposal to spend about a third of a billion dollars for the construction of a new Interstate 95 bridge just north of Trenton is accusing proponents of the project of “monkeying around” with accident figures.
Sen. Michael Doherty, (R-23), says crash statistics used in part to argue for the need of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s $328 million bridge replacement are being exaggerated. He argues the annual crash figures cited by the commission fall significantly short of data kept by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. (Arco/PolitickerNJ)