Project foes hope the Army Corps of Engineers, currently reviewing the project, heeds advice of numerous transportation consultants' studies showing cheaper, less destructive alternatives to the highway. The EPA, which has stated its opposition to the road many times (see MTRs #190, 192, 193), proposed an alternative to the project that would spare wetlands, shave $200 million from the project cost, and still address local traffic problems.

Original studies showed that Route 92 would attract almost 12,000 new vehicles per day to the area.

The Army Corps public comment period on Route 92 ends April 8th. Comments can be written and mailed or voiced at a March 29 public hearing at Princeton Marriott Hotel in Plainsboro, NJ. For info, contact 212-264-6731 or JamesWHaggerty@usace.army.mil

Written comments should be received by the Army Corps by 5pm on April 8. Mail written comments to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NY District
Eastern Permits Section
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, Room 1937
New York, NY 10278-0090