New Jersey has filed a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking New York's plan to impose congestion pricing—a.k.a. tolls as high as $23 a day on commuters driving into the lower third of Manhattan south of 60th Street.
The congestion tolls got a final approval last month from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which certified that the plan will not cause any negative environmental impact.
Under what will be known as the Central Business District Tolling Program, which will be run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), drivers entering the bottom third of Manhattan—everything below Central Park down to Battery Park, excluding the highways—will be hit with tolls as much as $23 a day.
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