Given transportation funding uncertainly, the pension amendment is a "dangerous, wrong approach," says the Senate president. NJEA's leader calls him dishonest.
Top New Jersey officials struck decidedly different tones Tuesday when assessing the prospects for resolving a transportation funding impasse now into its second month.
Gov. Chris Christie rejects the Democrats' latest Transportation Trust Fund proposal, deeming the tax cuts as insufficient to green-light a gas-tax hike.
Lawmakers over the next seven days will make a bid to end a construction-funding impasse that has entered its fourth week and temporarily cost around 1,000 people or more their jobs.
Road, bridge, rail, river and airport construction and repair projects in virtually every New Jersey county come to a halt by midnight on Friday, July 8, under orders issued this afternoon by Governor Chris Christie.
"The fact is that we need to spend this money in order to continue to modernize our roads, our bridges and, importantly, our mass transit system," Christie said.
Is the sales tax cut a good trade for drivers facing a higher gas tax? Depends on an individual's situation, but the average impact looks to be basically a wash.
Gov. Chris Christie still isn’t on board with the revised Transportation Trust Fund plan, even after it capped the gas tax hike at 23 cents. He expects more changes.
Oft-slow lawmakers are finding a higher gear for the gas tax, slated for votes on Thursday and Monday. A hike of 20 cents or more may take effect Friday, July 1.