The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is in a highway-widening mindset, starting in South Jersey and now making its way up to Essex and Hudson counties, where a $4.7 billion plan to replace the Newark Bay Bridge and widen the turnpike extension leading to the Holland Tunnel has been met by stop signs from environmentalists and transit advocates.
Critics assail plan to widen turnpike extension to Holland Tunnel
NJ Turnpike Authority's $4.7B plan includes replacement of Newark Bay Bridge
Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.