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Critics assail Murphy for supporting $5B turnpike expansion
Clip: 8/18/2022 | 3m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
The plan is to widen an eight-mile stretch of the turnpike to and from the Holland Tunnel
There’s been an outpouring of opposition to a proposed widening of the New Jersey Turnpike along an eight-mile stretch to and from the Holland Tunnel. Gov. Phil Murphy supports the $5 billion project. But environmentalists say the plan goes against Murphy's climate change goals. And they’re marching 50 miles in five days to broadcast their opposition.
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Critics assail Murphy for supporting $5B turnpike expansion
Clip: 8/18/2022 | 3m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
There’s been an outpouring of opposition to a proposed widening of the New Jersey Turnpike along an eight-mile stretch to and from the Holland Tunnel. Gov. Phil Murphy supports the $5 billion project. But environmentalists say the plan goes against Murphy's climate change goals. And they’re marching 50 miles in five days to broadcast their opposition.
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