NYC’s Congestion Pricing Faces A Second Lawsuit from New Jersey
- Fort Lee, NJ, mayor is seeking to delay the new tolling plan
- Drivers may pay as much as $23 to enter midtown Manhattan
Vehicles approach the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/BloombergA plan to charge motorists driving into Manhattan’s central business district is facing another lawsuit as a New Jersey mayor is seeking to halt the new tolling program, claiming it needs additional environmental review.
Mark Sokolich, mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, filed the suit Wednesday in federal court in Newark against the US Department of Transportation and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is implementing the tolling plan, called congestion pricing. The mayor wants the Federal Highway Administration to further analyze the program’s impacts on New Jersey. He’s also seeking the creation of a fund to cover potential health impacts on Garden State residents and to combat increasing traffic, noise and air pollution.