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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 $5M OK'd to replace damaged Parkway overpass Asbury Park Press By LARRY HIGGS STAFF WRITER Look for more yellow construction equipment working on the Garden State Parkway after New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials approved a total of $29.18 million for four construction and design projects Tuesday, including $5 million for emergency replacement of the Lacey Road overpass, damaged by a too-tall truck last month. ... Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Toll takers get pay hikes up to 3.5% Asbury Park Press By LARRY HIGGS STAFF WRITER The people who collect your quarters and dollar bills on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike will receive wage increases up to 3.5 percent under new four contracts approved on Tuesday with two unions. Turnpike Authority commissioners approved separate contracts with Local 196 and Local 200 of the Internationa... Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Tolls, traffic down on NJ Turnpike, GSP Associated Press Traffic and toll revenue are down on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway despite the summer tourism season. Toll transactions on the parkway in June were down 4.3 percent compared to the same period last year. Revenues dipped 4.8 percent on the turnpike compared to June 2007. Revenues are $11.44 million below projected levels for the six mo... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Jersey's road rules: Step on the gas and keep on texting Star Ledger BY JUDY PEET Star-Ledger Staff We speed, talk on the phone while driving and are often rude, but we're not as bad behind the wheel as New York drivers. That is New Jersey drivers' perceptions of themselves, according to a poll sponsored by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety and Fairleigh Dickinson University. The poll, rele... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 GOP majority on S. Plainfield council votes to eliminate truck bypass route Home News Tribune By JARED KALTWASSER STAFF WRITER The Borough Council's Republican majority has passed two ordinances removing weight restrictions from Hamilton Boulevard and Belmont Avenue, a move likely to result in a pair of vetoes by the Democratic mayor. The votes on Monday, July 21, came during the council's regular meeting at Borough Hall. The co... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 DRPA set for public criticism Courier-Post By EILEEN STILWELL Courier-Post Staff Delaware River Port Authority officials will face off with motorists and PATCO Hi-Speedline riders tonight over proposed bridge toll and rail hikes. The hearing will be held on the Rutgers-Camden campus at the Student Center between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Deep in debt, the bistate agency says it must raise tolls ... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Online enrollment up with gas prices Gloucester County Times By Felicia Homan fhoman@sjnewsco.com High gas prices have triggered an increase in online enrollment at colleges and universities in southern New Jersey. "We are up for summer enrollment about 17 percent in online students over last summer," said Susan Coulby, Camden County College media relations manager. "That's about 190 to 200 ad... Tuesday, July 22, 2008 New Jerseyans Call Themselves Good Drivers According to New Poll Millennium Radio New Jersey drivers speed, they still use hand-held cell phones and send text messages while behind the wheel and they're quick to use an obscene gesture, but no motorist in the Garden State thinks he or she is a bad driver. Most think New Yorkers are the worst drivers on the road. These findings are among the most striking from a study which will be released today by ...
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