Asked about a theory linking the George Washington Bridge lane closings scandal to a billion-dollar redevelopment project in Fort Lee, N.J., two Democratic New Jersey state Assemblymen told TPM on Monday that the investigation of the incident needs to be allowed to run its course.
“I think it’s a plausible idea,” Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D) told TPM. “I think that from my perspective, you’re going to have a lot of theorists out there now”
Greenwald said that the newly-announced special investigatory committee that will look into the scandal will have to take a “very methodical approach” to the investigation, where “if the evidence leads us to that, then that’s where we’ll go.”
“Clearly, that is an issue that is outside of the Port Authority, it’s outside of a transportation issue, and that’s why we formed this new committee,” Greenwald said.
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D), a member of the Assembly’s Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee, echoed Greenwald’s words when asked about the development theory.
“We need to have a committee looking over all the aspects,” Chivukula told TPM. “We want to stay away from speculation.”
