After a federal lawsuit introduced by his administration did not cease New York’s congestion pricing plan, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is interesting to a different energy: President Trump.
“As you begin your second term as president, I welcome any opportunity to work with you and your administration where we can find common ground,” the Backyard State Democrat wrote in an open letter to Trump on Inauguration Day. “One area where I believe our priorities align is congestion pricing.”
New York’s congestion pricing plan, which tolls drivers on Manhattan’s floor streets at sixtieth and under, has been in impact since Jan. 5 — following a yearslong environmental examine permitted by the federal authorities and a number of authorized challenges introduced by the Murphy administration and others.
Trump, a former New York resident, has been an outspoken opponent of the plan.
In Might, the as soon as and future president mentioned on social media that he would “TERMINATE” the toll throughout his first week in workplace — underscoring the pledge with a number of exclamation factors.
A congestion pricing signal alongside Columbus Ave. close to W. 61st St. in Manhattan. (Barry Williams / New York Each day Information)
Trump referred to as the toll a “business killer” and claimed that the plan — which was required by a 2019 New York state legislation — was rushed and “railroaded” into impact by the administration of former President Joe Biden.
Murphy reminded Trump of that publish Monday.
“I know we share significant concerns about these developments,” Murphy wrote.
A federal decide in Newark knocked down New Jersey’s effort to pause the plan earlier this month, ruling {that a} 4,000-page environmental evaluation of the plan was enough to proceed, and the feds had been inside their proper to approve it.
Attorneys for New Jersey have vowed to enchantment the ruling.
Congestion pricing cameras are pictured on Central Park West at Columbus Circle Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams / New York Each day Information)
The congestion pricing plan tolls nearly all of drivers $9 as soon as a day to drive on floor streets in Midtown and decrease Manhattan, with reductions for individuals who enter by way of the already-tolled tunnel crossings into the zone.
The toll is supposed to scale back total vehicular congestion inside the tolling zone, in addition to to generate sufficient income to again $15 billion in bonds for MTA building and restore initiatives.
