Christie was in on and part of the plan. Then the plan became to hot to handle.

[cheyanne]

26. The pressure was on Hudson Lights Development project . . .

Here is a quote from a Talking Points Memo article on the reason for the closures.

Is a Billion Dollar Development Project at the Heart of Bridgegate?
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Talking Points Memo

The Hudson Lights project is a billion dollar project because it offers unparalleled access to the George Washington Bridge. But take away that access and it’s no longer a billion dollar project.

Mark Sokolich knew this back in September when the toll lanes from Fort Lee had been cut from three down to one. He asked Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni on September 12: “what do I do when our billion dollar development is put on line at the end of next year?”

He begged Baroni to respond. He gave him two office numbers and his home and cell number. Baroni gave him silence.

This is the first mention of Hudson Lights in the documents released so far under the NJ Assembly Committee subpoena directing Wildstein to produce all materials related to the GWB closures.

We know that because of its location, the long-term viability of this project could be threatened by any permanent changes to the GWB toll lanes that negatively impacted the on-ramp adjacent to the site.

But something else was going on here during these weeks in August and September that hadn’t been discussed until today’s show.

On August 15, two days after the go was given to cause traffic problems in Fort Lee, Mayor Sokolich and the Fort Lee town council held a meeting during which the redevelopment project’s contract was discussed. We don’t know what happened, as it was a closed session. But one week later, on August 22, the mayor was authorized by the council to finalize documents relating to how one phase of the redevelopment was to be financed.