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Big_Dinner3636 t1_j6nbcdq wrote

There's absolutely no chance that a public works project between NY and NJ would be even close to on time or under budget. Absolutely no way.

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Special_FX_B t1_j6nh1jk wrote

Owing to the den of nepotism and corruption known as the Port Authority.

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vague_diss t1_j6ntzbf wrote

Some appointed officials perhaps. The people who do the nuts and bolts of the work do a thankless, vital job with an insane amount of scrutiny and review. Its not a perfect organization but NJ and NY would be devastated if they weren’t there.

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Special_FX_B t1_j6nuzn7 wrote

Yes and it’s still a den of corruption and nepotism. No one gets a job there without connections. I’m not saying much of the private sector isn’t that way, too, but it’s true.

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Ok_Raisin_8796 t1_j6no9t3 wrote

Fuck the port authority, all my homies hate the port authority

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jayc428 t1_j6o6cl7 wrote

Even going construction projects for them is a fucking nightmare.

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jEsTsBaCk t1_j6nzm5s wrote

They can’t even finish a fucking off-ramp in under a decade

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Lyraxiana t1_j6o2e3b wrote

At least it would have been started. That's at minimum two years of people having worked on it, gone.

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STMIHA t1_j6o5dhc wrote

Right. And we would have been on the hook for all the overruns. I’m not a big Christie fan but that original project needed to be revamped no matter what.

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BFrankNJ t1_j6oxh8m wrote

indeed, it needed to be revamped. Not cancelled.

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