If they raise the tolls some more, how many more jobs can they create?
Commuter Parking Advisory Committee
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WOODBRIDGE — Are newly paved roads, rebuilt bridges and widened highways worth the 50 percent to 53 percent toll increases that take effect Sunday?
Before the economic crash in 2008, New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway drivers might have deemed the New Year’s Day toll increase worth it, for the $7 billion in construction projects it funds. Turnpike Authority officials said it will create 70,000 jobs.
But with a struggling economy, high unemployment and stagnant salaries, some drivers said they may opt out of using the toll road where and when they can take a parallel, free, state highway.
John McKeever of Hazlet is among those who are considering changing their routes to a free road such as Route 35, even though it may cost him more time than the Parkway.
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