FORGET IT: NO TRUCKS ON NORTHERN PARKWAY LANES

There were media reports over the weekend saying the state was ready to allow trucks on the Garden State Parkway north of Exit 105.  It’s not happening.  State Department of Transportation Commissioner James Simpson announced this week that the state is not going to change its policy and will not allow heavy trucks on the parkway north of the 105 exit.  The parkway extends 172 miles down to Cape May and handles nearly 400 million toll transactions per year, according to the Associated Press.