Nexis4Jersey

Nexis4Jersey t1_ixa5s6t wrote

Reply to comment by fasda in NJ Turnpike Authority Transforms a Useless $4.4B Project into a Useless $10.7B Project by jimmybot

For 10 billion you can get all the projects listed below

  • Northern Branch LRT - 8 mi - 8 Stations
  • Glassboro LRT - 18 mi - 14 Stations
  • Newark-Paterson LRT - 24 mi - 20 stations
  • Newark-Elizabeth-Cranford LRT - 12 mi - 16 stations
  • MOM Rail Network - 2 lines - 54 mi - 15 stations
  • West Trenton Line - 24 mi - 6 stations
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Nexis4Jersey t1_ixa3w6s wrote

Reply to comment by eggdropk in NJ Turnpike Authority Transforms a Useless $4.4B Project into a Useless $10.7B Project by jimmybot

The Cross Harbor tunnel would be a better investment as it would take trucks bound for Long Island off the regional highway network. Its projected cost was around 8 billion...if they were serious about actually reducing tunnel congestion they would consider that or at least study it..

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Nexis4Jersey t1_ixa2ksk wrote

Reply to NJ Turnpike Authority Transforms a Useless $4.4B Project into a Useless $10.7B Project by jimmybot

10 billion is probably to cost of the full build of the Newark LRT which would connect the various cities and dense towns in Essex / Union / Passaic / Hudson Counties...servicing a population of 1 million... I'm told theres never any money for mass transit expansion in this state but billions flow freely to the highway and road network.

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Nexis4Jersey t1_ix2o1sr wrote

Reply to First time seeing the 2002 Baltimore Region Rail Map. Moore, make it happen! by A_Damn_Millenial

I think we might see a few of these projects built over the next 10 years..

  • The MARC/Amtrak Upgrade plan similar to the 3.5 billion $ Amtrak/VRE upgrade in Virginia. Dedicated tracks and separate tracks for Passenger service along the Camden & Brunswick Lines
  • The Baltimore Tunnel replacement for Amtrak , allowing for faster speeds and double the capacity
  • Maryland Northeast Corridor Bridge Replacements , allowing for speeds up to 180mph with some curve straightening
  • Yellow line extension to BWI Airport station
  • Infill Stations on the MARC Penn line in Baltimore
  • A switch to EMUs on the Penn Line and DMUs on the Brunswick/Camden Lines
  • A Red Line LRT line
  • Green Line Extension to Morgan State
  • Charles Streetcar replacing the proposed Yellow line from the Harbor to Towson
  • Under the Amtrak connects proposal , service to Harrisburg from DC via Baltimore
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Nexis4Jersey t1_iwo0p8e wrote

Reply to comment by Skerppp in The officials dealing with efforts to control New Jersey’s record-high property taxes are meeting in Atlantic City this week to discuss pressing issues like inflation and rising public worker benefit costs: The annual conference comes as the average property-tax bill has risen to nearly $9,300 by rollotomasi07071

None of the proposals in the past called for every town to fold into one just the small ones and some of the small shrinking counties...

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Nexis4Jersey t1_iwnk0kz wrote

Reply to comment by aden_feifdom in The officials dealing with efforts to control New Jersey’s record-high property taxes are meeting in Atlantic City this week to discuss pressing issues like inflation and rising public worker benefit costs: The annual conference comes as the average property-tax bill has risen to nearly $9,300 by rollotomasi07071

Then people shouldn't complain about high taxes...larger towns in Bergen County have lower property taxes then the smaller ones the difference is usually 3-7,000$.

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Nexis4Jersey t1_iwnji2u wrote

Reply to comment by Skerppp in The officials dealing with efforts to control New Jersey’s record-high property taxes are meeting in Atlantic City this week to discuss pressing issues like inflation and rising public worker benefit costs: The annual conference comes as the average property-tax bill has risen to nearly $9,300 by rollotomasi07071

Who said they had too...not every town and city needs to merge...but we have way to many in this state. Larger towns/cities like Montclair , Newark , Jersey City , Trenton , Washington Township (Gloucester), New Brunswick are fine the way they are but mini towns like East Newark , Guttenberg , South Hackensack , Teterboro , Bordentown city , Burlington City , Fieldsboro should merge into their neighboring towns/cities... That also applies to Counties like Salem > Cumberland , Sussex > Warren , Gloucester > Camden.

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