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JEVoorhees t1_ixax1j2 wrote

The NJTA's money is THEIR MONEY! No State assistance! No Federal Funds! Self sufficient! It is its own entity! That's why it works so well! The Governor's Office has a say, but they do what they want and/or have to, to make the World's Busiest Toll Road work! $10 Billion is their money, or if borrowed, pair back with their own money! Do some research! I did!

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moobycow t1_ixdaopg wrote

Funny thing about the TPK is it would be pretty freaking useless without all the connecting infrastructure. Pretending it exists all by itself with no externalities is a fiction that exists only on paper.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ixbeily wrote

It's our money, they take it from us more or less at gunpoint because there's no good alternative routes by design, and it's totally fucking absurd charging $10 to drive 30 miles.

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adamatic_521 t1_ixgdpiv wrote

NJTA would be taking out low-interest (i.e. federally subsidized) loans in order to build this project. To say there are no federal funds isn’t really true.

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