"The port of New York has a major problem, it's called the Bayonne Bridge"

Port of Call: Private Equity - CNBC.com: "A look at the infrastructure changes needed to accommodate large vessels for Panama Canal's expansion, with Chris Lee, Highstar Capital money manager."

Bayonne Bridge May Go Cashless...

From the NY Daily News: Bridges and tunnels may soon stop accepting cash in favor of E-ZPass: "The new system would be instituted on the George Washington, Bayonne and Goethals bridges, the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and the Outerbridge Crossing."

More on the Infrastructure Funding Dilemma

Humboldt Maritime Logistics » Blog Archive » Trying to solve the infrastructure funding dilemma: "Think you have headaches? It could be worse. You could be stuck in the middle of three-state battle over infrastructure and shipping problems with the Bayonne Bridge....

False Alarm on Bridge

Bayonne Bridge reopens after report of suspicious items | Hudson County Now - - NJ.com -The report was received at about 9:30 a.m., but an investigation revealed that the items were apparently left on the span inadvertently, perhaps by a construction contractor, according to a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.

Local Redevelopment

Hudson Reporter - News, Events, Classifieds, and Businesses in Hudson County, New Jersey -Now that the Bayonne Crossing mall has broken ground on the east side of Route 440 between East 22nd Street and New Hook Road, the city is looking at a possible redevelopment of yet another portion of the Route 440 corridor, part of a very hefty agenda that includes additional redevelopment sites throughout the city.

News from Port Industry Day

Port Strategy: Solving the infrastructure funding dilemma -Speakers described an ongoing battle pitting the New York region against Norfolk (to the south) and Halifax (to the north) and efforts are now underway to resolve issues surrounding the Bayonne Bridge, where new generation vessels are too big to fit underneath it.

News from the Staten Island Side...

NY1 | 24 Hour Local News | Top Stories | S.I. Residents Demand Cleanup Of Local Toxic Sites - NY1 VIDEO: More than a dozen concerned Staten Island residents met with environmental justice lawyers in Port Richmond Wednesday to pressure politicians and the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up three potentially toxic sites in the borough. Those sites are the Veterans Park and the former Jewett White Lead Factory in Port Richmond and the Manhattan Project site near the Bayonne Bridge.

Kosciuszko Bridge (Brooklyn) Replacement Pricetag

The Brooklyn Paper: The billion-dollar bridge! - The pricetag for a state plan to replace the crumbling Kosciuszko Bridge by 2017 has ballooned to more than a billion bucks to accommodate the eight-year inflation expected during the long-awaited and long-needed replacement.

News from Staten Island...

Staten Island North Shore and West Shore Light Rails via the DOORtoDOORrealty blog  - Plans for a new light rail line on the North Shore of Staten Island have received strong support from Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro (R) and various members of New York’s congressional delegation including Senator Charles Schumer (D) and former-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), as well as the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce and the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation.

Morris County Impact Discussed

Morris, get ready — truck traffic could get a lot worse | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record -Expanding the [Panama] canal will enable cargo ships three times the size of those currently entering Port Newark and Port Elizabeth to pass through it, county transportation director Gerald Rohsler said last week.

Bridge Issue Touching on Essex/Union County Politics

From NJ.com, Challengers in 29th District Hoping to Break Powerful Democratic Machine  - Coutinho is also hoping to keep port jobs in the area by addressing the issue of the Bayonne Bridge, which will not be high enough for newer and bigger shipping vessels. He said he is exploring options to raze the bridge, build a drawbridge or construct a tunnel.

Bridge Area Business Developments

From the Hudson Reporter - Bayonne Crossing Mall to break ground.  When completed, it will generate millions of dollars in personal income and tax revenue for the Bayonne and the region.

A Staten Island Perspective

From the Staten Island Independent Examiner, Development tsunami poised to engulf Staten Island waterfron: If the Bayonne Bridge isn’t made higher by 2014, it will make the Kill Van Kull an anachronism, a formerly busy waterway unable to handle the new fleet of super container ships.

Nadler Wants Brooklyn Container Terminal

From the Journal of Commerce: Nadler Wants Brooklyn Container Terminal - The Port of New York and New Jersey should develop container-handling facilities in Brooklyn while continuing to expand in New Jersey and Staten Island, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., told a port audience Monday.

In News From The Sister Bridge...

Picnic on Sydney Harbour Bridge - Six thousand people in Australia have tucked in to an unusual breakfast sitting on the world-famous Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Bridge Traffic

Projections show a 35 percent growth in traffic in the next twenty years.  Article here.

McMahon, Sires Want Remedy for the Bayonne Bridge's Height Restriction

Lawmakers find Port Authority’s 2019 completion date objectionable.  For the full article, click here.

Impact story

How will the Bayonne Bridge raising effect nearby residents? - With a number of agencies now studying ways to raise the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate new, super-sized cargo ships, Mayor Mark Smith wants to make sure the interests of residents who live near the span are taken into account.

Bayonne Bridge options considered by PANYNJ

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) has released results of a US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) analysis of the air-draft restricting Bayonne Bridge.  For more, read the full article on Port Strategy web site.

NJ.com (blog) Bridge Height Could Hinder SI Port's Future - NY1 - Joe Malvasio - ‎Sep 28, 2009‎ -There were renewed calls Monday to fix a longstanding problem at the Bayonne Bridge which local leaders say could eventually lead to major economic problems