Christie Stops 100 New Jersey Road Projects on Funds
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New Jersey will halt all state-funded road construction on Oct. 4, suspending work at about 100 sites, Transportation Department Commissioner James S. Simpson said.
Democratic lawmakers, whose refusal to consider a proposed $1.4 billion bond sale to replenish the state’s Transportation Trust Fund prompted the order, subsequently called for an emergency hearing on the debt plan on the day the shutdown would begin. Governor Chris Christie and Simpson earlier blamed legislative inaction for the disruption.