Traffic congestion is one of the complaints in the NY Giants’ recently filed lawsuit to stop construction of Xanadu, the proposed recreational and commercial center in the NJ Meadowlands. The Giants’ is one in a growing parade of suits — by environmental organizations, a private developer and a local municipality — that consistently argue that the project’s traffic impacts will be unbearable.

The Giants fear that Xanadu-spawned traffic will make access to the rest of the sports site so intolerable that it will affect fans’ desire to attend games. They have asked the State not to allow Xanadu to open on game days.

There is still no general mass transit plan for the mega-recreational center. All of the project planning so far has emphasized road access, with the exception of a Pascack Valley line spur for which little information about likely ridership has been offered.

Xanadu construction, specifically the filling of wetlands for parking and office construction, is already underway. So far, none of the petitioners has succeeded in winning an injunction to halt construction, but two requests are still being considered by New Jersey courts. 

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