TRENTON — After calling the Senate president’s proposal to end a stalemate over funding for construction projects “ridiculous” earlier this week, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday delivered a counteroffer. No details of either proposal are known, but a spokesman for Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he is reviewing the latest proposal. The governor and Senate are… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Gas Tax, New Jersey | Tags: Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Chris Christie, Gas Tax, New Jersey, Steve Sweeney, TFF, Transportation Trust Fund | Comments Off on Christie makes Senate new offer to end N.J. road project shutdown
Now nearly three full weeks old, the political impasse in Trenton over transportation funding is no closer to being resolved, and there are some signs key leaders may actually be moving further apart Reports out of Cleveland,… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Gas Tax, New Jersey, TFF, Transportation Trust Fund | Comments Off on Split Over Transportation Funding in New Jersey Appears To Be Growing
Why do roads, bridges and transit projects cost so much to build in New Jersey? State Senator Michael Doherty, R-Warren, has proposed a bill to try and answer that question and recommend ways to cut those costs. His bill to form a State Transportation Analysis Task Force will attempt to answer findings in a recent Reason… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 7th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: NJ Senate Republicans, NJ State Legislature, Taxes | Tags: $2 million per mile, Gas Tax, Senator Michael Doherty, Senator Mike Doherty, TFF, Transportation Analysis Task Force, Transportation Trust Fund | 9 Comments »
With the Transportation Trust Fund scheduled to run out of money a year early, Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic legislative leaders are looking to reach agreement on a long-term solution to the state’s transportation funding crisis that is likely to include increased taxes on motor fuels. High-level talks involving Christie and legislative leaders, Christie’s nomination of…
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Gov. Chris Christie and state legislative leaders are now focusing on how to refinance the state’s Transportation Trust Fund, which currently provides $1.6 billion a year in state funding for highway, bridge, and mass-transit construction projects. The TTF program approved in 2011 was supposed to run five years, but four years of overborrowing by the Christie…
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TRENTON — After calling the Senate president’s proposal to end a stalemate over funding for construction projects “ridiculous” earlier this week, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday delivered a counteroffer. No details of either proposal are known, but a spokesman for Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he is reviewing the latest proposal. The governor and Senate are… Read the rest of this entry »