New Jersey state officials are reportedly looking into allowing commercial truck traffic to travel on the Garden State Parkway north of Exit 105. Like any other proposal in NJ, the motive here is generating more income for the state. A truck traveling the full length of the Parkway would pay as much as $37 in tolls.
These same officials cite a need to look into the wear trucks would have on the pavement and whether the bridges are tall enough to accomodate them. Really? They need to look into whether the bridges are high enough? That's like saying we're considering opening up the railroad tracks to passenger cars, to clear congestion on the roads. We just need to see how compatible cars would be on the tracks.
Obviously these "officials" don't spend alot of time on the Parkway. Many of the Parkway bridges in North Jersey are arched. While trucks may be able to pass through the center of these arches, they definitely cannot be in the far right or far left lane. What do these "officials" propose, trucks will only be allowed in the center lane?
Even if the trucks manage to make it throught the arches, what about the low, LOW, bridge near Newark. There is no way commercial trucks can clear that span. What do they propose, dumping all the trucks off in Newark? Like they don't have enough traffic problems.
I suggest these "officials" take a ride on the Garden State Parkway, maybe in the front window of a double-decker bus, and then, if they come back, give us their new suggestions or proposals.
Maybe it's just their goal to have a Garden State Parkway littered with wrecked trucks. My brother wouldn't mind, but he owns a towing service. Me, I have a small child, and the Parkway is dangerous enough for us. Leave the trucks to the roads that can handle them, not the Garden State Parkway.
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