“The DOT and administration sold the public on spending more tax money on transportation by saying the new funds would be spent mainly on repairing local bridges and roads,” Jennifer Jaroski, New Jersey coordinator for the Campaign told the Times. “Voters came out 2-to-1 in support of both the 1999 Bridge Bond Act and the 2000 Trust Fund renewal, but now the DOT isn’t holding up its end of the deal” (see next article).

The Campaign met with staff for Acting Governor DiFrancesco earlier this month to draw attention to DOT’s flouting of Trust Fund Law. The group warned that it is prepared to go to court to enforce the law if the capital program is not amended.  In a sign that such action may prove necessary, a spokesman for DiFrancesco told the Times that, “we support the DOT commissioner's budget recommendation and feel it is in keeping with the trust fund renewal.”