Deal Has Been Reach on Bad Road Idea by Atlantic City, NJ Mayor

The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has reached a deal to settle the controversial Atlantic City, New Jersey, so-called “road diet.”

The final vote was uneventful and occurred with no comment from the CRDA Board Members during a digital meeting held on the matter.

This scheme was the idea of Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small. It was universally unpopular from the beginning.

It was a colossally bad idea and simply could not be allowed to happen.

A tentative deal was reached in early August, 2024.

The "road diet" was Small's bad idea to shrink a well-functioning Atlantic Avenue from 4 lanes (2 each way) down to 2 lanes.

It was universally rejected by every single Atlantic City share holder, including:

• Atlantic City Casinos
• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
• Atlantic City business community

I did my own field test of the "new" Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The so-called "Road Diet” on January 1, 2024.

Here’s the flawed configuration at work (see below):

To the left, you can plainly see a bicycle rider, who is riding down the center, between the two car lanes.

This is exactly what we predicted would occur.

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small continues to brag about getting $ 24 million dollars for this project, which also will result in a newly resurfaced Atlantic Avenue and traffic light resynchronization.

The City of Atlantic City was required to file this plan with the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (NJCRDA) because part of Atlantic Avenue is located within what is known as "The Tourism District."

The City of Atlantic City failed to do so and instead went rogue and began the road shrinkage project without proper approvals.

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Michael Blee successfully led settlement agreement negotiations which temporarily left the Atlantic County road configuration the way it has always been.

The City of Atlantic City, the Atlantic City Casinos and the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority all have agreed to the deal.

The deal calls for Atlantic Avenue to remain as a 4-lane road from Tennessee to Albany Avenues.

The Atlantic City Council is poised to vote on the settlement at tonight’s regular meeting.