Larry Higgs

1 week ago | nj.com | Larry Higgs

A runway repaving project that was among the multitude of problems affecting Newark Liberty International Airport during the past several weeks will finish two weeks ahead of schedule. The $121 million project to repave and improve Runway 4L-22R will finish on June 2, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in an announcement Friday. The paving project was originally scheduled to finish on June 15.

1 week ago | nj.com | Larry Higgs

Drivers using I-80 west will have two lanes reopened in Wharton late Friday night for the first time in three months after a massive sinkhole closed them. “Everything is still on schedule to reopen two lanes on I-80 westbound late tonight,” said NJDOT spokesperson Stephen Schapiro. “Paving and striping on I-80 westbound have been completed.“ Crews are working today to install guiderail and construction barriers to separate the median work zone from the two lanes of traffic, he said.

1 week ago | nj.com | Larry Higgs

Long suffering bus commuters who’ve trudged through the dreary, aging Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan had reasons to be cheerful Thursday with the ceremonial tossing of dirt to build a $10 billion replacement. The ground breaking, presided over by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, concludes an 11-year process to build a $10 billion replacement for the aging bus terminal on the same site while continuing to serve commuters and travelers.

1 week ago | masstransitmag.com | Larry Higgs

A Federal Court judge in New York granted an injunction that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority sought to prevent the U.S. Department of Transportation from shutting down the $9 congestion toll to enter Lower Manhattan. U.S. District Court Judge Louis Limin granted an injunction that stops the transportation department in President Donald Trump’s administration from taking any action until a lawsuit filed by the MTA can be heard.

1 week ago | nj.com | Larry Higgs

Two lanes of I-80 west are expected to reopen late Friday night, May 30, weather permitting, marking the first time the crucial east-west interstate highway has been open since a massive sinkhole closed it three months ago. All of I-80s lanes have been closed at Exit 34 in Wharton since March 19, when a sinkhole opened on the median next to the westbound lanes.