New Jersey Says NYC Congestion Pricing Suit Being Put in Slow Lane by Feds
- Garden State is challenging federal approval of NYC toll plan
- Lawyer for NJ is asking for a faster timetable for the case
The congestion pricing plan would charge drivers, possibly as much as $23 a day for EZPass users, to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergNew Jersey accused the US Department of Transportation of stalling its lawsuit challenging federal approval of New York City’s controversial congestion-pricing plan.
Lawyers for the Garden State, which has said the plan to impose charges on drivers entering Midtown Manhattan during business hours will unfairly impact its residents, said in a court conference on Wednesday that the federal government’s proposed timetable for the case stretches into next spring, when congestion-pricing could already be a reality.