Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j8pahiy wrote on February 15, 2023 at 11:43 PM

Yeah, right. Going to build 2 drawbridges over the Hack and Passaic to get the HBLR extension to Kearny & Newark? Not a fucking chance. Like the Hudson Pedestrian Bridge and Tunnel, this is what you get when someone with no common sense or knowledge of how big civil engineering projects work looks at a map and starts daydreaming.

Nexis4Jersey t1_j8r1i3a wrote on February 16, 2023 at 9:44 AM

You might be able to get away with just a tall elevated Bridge for the Passaic River , the Hackensack would require a moveable bridge. Probably cost a few billion but still cheaper than widening the Turnpike or 1/9... The NJT line 1 bus is at capacity and this proposal would replace it and reduce the commute time seeing how the alignment would be grade separated..and with all the up zoning underway in Newark and rezoning / up zoning in Kearny and JC what option do we have?