The Trump Division of Transportation is actively contemplating its choices to kill New York’s congestion pricing plan, simply three weeks after it began, two sources advised the New York Occasions.
The paper reported Thursday that the Trump Administration is weighing whether or not it may pull the plug on “a key federal authorization” granted by the Biden administration final 12 months. Trump has repeatedly acknowledged he opposes the congestion plan, which prices most motorists $9 a day to enter Manhattan south of sixtieth St.
“We’ve been sued in every federal court and state court east of the Mississippi, and we’re batting a thousand,” Lieber stated in an interview earlier this month. “We’ve won every time.”
The funds from the tolling plan are earmarked for mass transit enhancements.
Congestion pricing cameras are pictured on Central Park West at Columbus Circle Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Day by day Information)
The worth pricing program, signed within the waning days of 2024 by the state, native and federal departments of transportation, was the ultimate sign-off required to authorize this system, income from which is required by legislation to again bonds funding the MTA’s capital program.
It was not instantly clear what authorized authority the Trump administration might need to renege on the settlement.
