“We all knew we were going to get a third lane. It was a matter of when we were going to get it,” New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross (District 1) said.

Norcross, along with New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti and South Jersey Transportation Authority executive director Stephen F. Dougherty, held a press conference Wednesday highlighting the positive transportation and economic impacts of widening the expressway.

“The South Jersey Transportation Authority’s widening project will truly enhance the patron experience along the Expressway,” Dougherty said. “Once the 26 miles of east and westbound lanes are completed, the roadway will finally be expanded to three lanes its entire length,”