JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND – On Tuesday, New Jersey residents will have an opportunity to address the toll and PATH fare increases recently proposed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Before the authority’s Board
of Commissioners can vote on the increases there will be several public hearings on Aug. 16, two of them in Jersey City.
One public hearing was to take take place at 8 a.m. at the Port Authority Technical Center, at 241 Erie St., in Room 212. The second Jersey City public hearing will take place later that evening at 6 p.m. in the conference room of the
Holland Tunnel Administration Building, located at Provost Street and 13th Street.
These will be the only two public hearings to take place in Hudson County.
Commuters who want to speak at the public hearings are encouraged to sign up to do so. The Port Authority web site is currently accepting online registrations at www.panynj.gov/about/toll-fare-2011.html#tollsregister.
Online registrations will be accepted until 11:59 p.m.
Transit riders can also register to speak by calling (212) 435-6916.
In addition to the online registration option, the Port Authority will also be taking registrations on-site 30 minutes before the start of each public hearing.
Each speaker will be limited to three minutes.
Under the proposed increases, a one-way PATH ride would jump from $1.75 to $2.75 later this year. EZ Pass tolls paid by auto drivers who use the Holland and Lincoln tunnels would jump from the current $8 to $12, round-trip, during morning and evening rush hours. Off-peak toll prices
would increase from $6 to $10, round-trip. Under the Port Authority proposal, peak and of-peak tolls would increase by an additional $2 in 2014.
Here is the full list of Port Authority hearings
scheduled, with addresses and times:
Newark Liberty International Airport
1 Conrad Road
Building 157, Bay 3
Newark, NJ 07114
(973) 961-6161
8 a.m.
Port Authority Technical Center
241 Erie Street, Room 212
Jersey City, NJ 07310
(201) 216-2700
8 a.m.
Port Ivory/Howland Hook
40 Western Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10303
(718) 330-2950
8 a.m.
Port Authority Bus Terminal
625 8th Avenue
Times Square Conference Room – 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 502-2240
8 a.m.
George Washington Bridge Administration Building
220 Bruce Reynolds Way
Conference Room
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
(201) 346-4005
6 p.m.
Holland Tunnel Administration Building
13th Street & Provost Street
Conference Room
Jersey City, NJ 07310
(201) 360-5021
6 p.m.
George Washington Bridge Bus Station
4211 Broadway
Lower Level Conference Room
New York, NY 10033
(201) 346-4005
6 p.m.
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Port Authority Administration
Building 14, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Jamaica, NY 11430
(718) 244-3501
6 p.m.
– E. Assata Wright