Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said he’s considering taking legal action in the form of a civil rights lawsuit against the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Bhalla said this is an effort to prevent the planned expansion of the turnpike, PIX11 News reported.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Michael Fulop also announced Wednesday, May 14, at the “Rage Against the Turnpike” rally that his city will challenge the project in court, according to the Jersey City Times.
“If you care about health, if you care about the environment, if you care about mass transit, it would lead you to the conclusion that this project is wrong for New Jersey,” Fulop said, as reported by the news outlet.
Federal protections revoked
The litigation comes after a finding by the U.S. Coast Guard that the first phase of the turnpike expansion project would not cause significant environmental harm. The Coast Guard issued permits for the first phase of the project in early May…