Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Full Environmental Review Demanded at Bayonne Bridge Hearing | Clean Water Action

Full Environmental Review Demanded at Bayonne Bridge Hearing | Clean Water Action: "Citing risks of increased levels of asthma, lung cancer and cardiovascular disease from the increased truck traffic through neighborhoods surrounding the Port of Newark, area residents, health professionals and other experts testified at a US Coast Guard hearing today in Newark on the inadequacy of its Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) of the proposal to raise the Bayonne Bridge's roadway by sixty-three feet to make room for the new generation of supersized Panamax ships."

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