A proposal with widespread support would put the new mall on the current site of the Meadowlands sports arena if the Devils and Nets move to new arenas. DiFrancesco did not endorse that plan, but said he was considering it. The mall at the arena site could be served by a rail spur, planned but never built by NJTransit. The Mills Corporation and some Bergen County economic development interests reacted negatively to the Acting Governors statements, indicating that other sites aren't suitable.

Transport impacts from the planned mega-mall would require expensive retooling of area roads. The mall was slated to attract at least 20,000 trips/day to the already congested roadway network. In fact, transportation-related projects alone would make use of over half the wetlands infill. Between 45 and 75 acres of wetlands would be filled just to accommodate the parking garage and surface lots. Another 51 acres of wetlands were needed for the mall's access roads. These include a four-lane extension of Route 120 to parallel and reconnect with NJ Turnpike at a reconfigured Interchange 18W, plus a major system of on-site roads linking the mall to local roads and a new Turnpike exit.

By widening roads, adding extensions to existing highways, creating new ramps, and adding local roads, environmentalists and local elected officials were concerned that the mall would lure even more development with attendant air pollution impacts to nearby communities and water pollution to the Meadowlands and New York Harbor.