The department's Federal Highway Administration said the planned change will have no significant environmental impact and that a more comprehensive environmental analysis was unnecessary.
Three Democratic lawmakers from New Jersey - Senator Bob Menendez and representatives Josh Gottheimer and Bill Pascrell blasted the decision saying the plan was "nothing more than a cash grab to fund" the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Menendez has introduced legislation that would cut 50% of federal highway grant funding to New York state if the plan goes ahead.Vehicles sit in a line of traffic in Times Square in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., June 27, 2023.
Following entry into a tolling agreement, tolling could begin up to 310 days later, the city said in May.
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