Christie Bridge Jam Inquiry to Probe $1 Billion Projects
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As two New Jersey legislative committees begin probes today of who ordered lanes closed at the George Washington Bridge and why, they’ll examine whether the resulting traffic jams had anything to do with a pair of high-rise developments just blocks away in Fort Lee.
The closures ordered by allies of Governor Chris Christie from Sept. 9 to 12 brought traffic to a standstill in Fort Lee, at the New Jersey end of the bridge to New York. Last week, Christie, a 51-year-old Republican, fired a top aide and jettisoned his campaign manager. Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, a Democrat, questioned whether the tie-ups were payback for his failure to support Christie’s re-election.