“The fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced.’’
That was Governor Christie in early December.
Yeah, the residents of a city get access to a major Interstate highway? Wassup with dat?
But if the perks available to unworthy Ft. Lee residents get the guv riled up, what must he think of these other injustices?
The citizens of Pennsville have direct access to the Delaware Memorial Bridge -- from both the north and the south! -- via Route 130.
The coddled citizens of Bridgeport can access the Commodore Barry Bridge to Chester Township from Becker Avenue or Broad Street.
And what about those lucky bastards in the Fairview section of Haddon Township who can zip down Collings Avenue onto the Walt Whitman Bridge to Philly?
And say what you want about hard-scrabble Camden, but how can you not envy its citizens who can cruise down Federal Street for easy access to the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Christie-free confines of downtown Philly?
And then there's Pennsauken (Betsy Ross Bridge), Palmyra (Tacony Palmyra Bridge), Florence Township (I-276 extension to Pennsylvania), and the city of Trenton, where multiple entrances to Route One can whisk you away from Jersey.
Even tiny Titusville can boast at least two points of access to the bridge across the Delaware.
But let's not belabor the point. It's understandable why Gov. Christie would be incensed that ordinary people have easy access to routes out of his state when you consider what he has to undergo when he travels to New York:
Asked by an eight-year-old girl at a town hall in Montville what his favorite thing about being governor was, Christie said he had a fun answer and a serious answer.
"When you're governor, they close the Lincoln Tunnel for you," Christie said. "And you get to drive right through. No traffic. It's the best. I love going to New York now. I used to hate it…. that's the most fun thing on the fun side about being governor."
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