Turnpike: Rt. 92 canceled

Consider it official. The N.J. Turnpike Authority has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection to withdraw all pending permits for Route 92, essentially killing the project.

In a letter to the DEP dated Dec. 1, Turnpike Executive Director Michael Lapolla write that “we have decided to cancel the Route 92 project” and “consider all applications pending or on record with the DEP as withdrawn.”

The action puts an end to the current chapter of the horror novel that has been Route 92, though it remains possible that like so many horror-story ghosts it could return in the future. That’s why we — the South Brunswick Post — continue our call for adoption of Assembly Bill A685 (sponsored by Assemblyman Bill Baroni, R-14) and S883 (sponsored by state Sen. Peter Inverso, R-14). The legislation — essentially the same bill introduced in both houses of the state Legislature — would strip the Turnpike Authority of its “authorization to build the Route 92,” putting the final nail in the project’s coffin.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet