Anonymous ID: cd1fa1 Feb. 11, 2020, 1:07 a.m. No.8100032   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0040

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — "Plans to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan's central business district are still missing a key approval from the federal government, according to reports. The Metropolitan Transit Authority requires the Federal Highway Administration's blessing to charge drivers a fee for entering Manhattan because roads that will be included in the fee zone either receive federal funding or are considered part of the interstate highway, the Wall Street Journal first reported.

Federal officials have not given any indication as to when that approval will come, which may throw a wrench in the MTA's plan to launch the toll program in 2021, according to the report. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Wall Street Journal that it's unlikely that President Donald Trump will try to stall or spike the project because it involved no federal funding. A spokesman for the Federal Highway Administration told the paper that an environmental review will be conducted before the agency takes action on the plan."

 

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