Motorists travelling between Newark and Jersey City will have to wait at least another year for the Pulaski Skyway construction on the two closed lanes to completed.
With the Pulaski Skyway shut down for a two-year repair project, many North Jersey drivers are being forced to take the New Jersey Turnpike to get to Jersey City or Manhattan. Not only is that alternate route more expensive, it could also lead to traffic congestion so bad that some have already dubbed it "Carmageddon."
The big news over the weekend was the closure of the northbound Pulaski Skyway. While traffic wasn't bad over the weekend, the real test was going to be the first Monday morning commute.
The Pulaski Skyway's northbound lanes have been closed for a 2-year, $1.8 billion rehabilitation project. Now New Jersey's Transportation commissioner Jamie Fox says newly-discovered damage to steel support beams will add additional cost and construction time to the project.
Here are five important things you need to know.
Department of Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson called in to the Jim Gearhart Show this morning to explain the upcoming Pulaski Skyway Rehabilitation Project.
At the stroke of midnight Saturday, the northbound lanes of the Pulaski Skyway leading into the Holland Tunnel will be shut down for two years of rehab work.