Whether sitting in the virtual parking lot that Route 80 becomes at “rush” hours, or in a rail car held up because of yet another derailment, New Jersey commuters are finding it more arduous to simply get to work.  And it looks like it’s about to become worse.

The rift in the Sussex County Republican Party continues to widen over the replenishment of New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund.

Over the past several years, Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus has touted her enthusiastic support for bringing New Jersey Transit rail service to Sussex County. But when it comes to funding that service, Phoebus acts like an ostrich with its head in the sand.

New Jersey State Senators Steve Oroho (R) and Paul Sarlo (D) crafted a bi-partisan compromise to save the Transportation Trust Fund. They jointly proposed to increase the gas tax and lower the estate tax.

The Transportation Trust Fund fiasco is hard to understand unless you look at it as a naked power play by lame duck Governor Chris Christie.

A couple of days ago, after blaming everyone but himself for the Transportation Trust Fund crisis, Chris Christie told reporters that few New Jersey motorists even noticed the effects of the road and bridge repair shutdown he ordered.

Chris Christie sure showed New Jersey Democrats who’s boss. In a fit of pique, he shut down state funded road projects. Way too late, he just woke up to a Transportation Trust Fund crises he denied the existence of until about a month ago.

GOP State Senator Steve Oroho seeks input for proposed legislation to make construction and maintenance of highway infrastructure more cost efficient. Last night, he gathered local elected officials at the Lafayette House looking for suggestions.

In a fit of pique before he went off to vacation in Italy, Chris Christie halted 31 road repair projects in Sussex County.

Why in the world is the Democrat controlled New Jersey Assembly allowing Chris Christie to flush the state down the fiscal drain?