The cost to widen the N.J. Turnpike extension through Hudson County has doubled to $10.6 billion.
has increased to $10.6 billion, more than double the original $4.7 billion estimate.
The new cost, which includes replacing the 1956 Newark Bay Bridge with two bridges, shows up in the authority’s 2023 budget in brief information that was included in the minutes of the October commissioners meeting,Opponents said the cost increase is another reason to abandon the widening project. The plan has been opposed by city officials in Jersey City and Hoboken because, they say, a widened extension will end in a two-lane elevated structure to the Holland Tunnel that will cause traffic back-ups and prompt drivers to cut through downtown streets. Turnpike officials say the extension and bridge at the end of their useful life.
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