Documents Reveal Anger, Confusion Over Bridge Closings Linked to Christie Staff

Documents released Friday reveal Port Authority officials were warned a plan to reduce lanes on the GW Bridge, which was apparently executed by members of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s staff as an act of political revenge, could be a “potential disaster” for commuters.

However, they pressed on with it anyway for four days, while fielding angry complaints from police and officials in Fort Lee that emergency response in the city was being hampered and residents could not get to work.

The over 1,000 pages of documents were released as part of New Jersey legislative committee’s investigation into the incident. They mostly involve the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that runs the bridge.

The documents did not implicate Christie in the lane closures.

The case became a full-blown scandal on Wednesday, when a set of emails and text messages were released suggesting the lanes were closed by a top Christie aide to apparently punish Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not endorsing Christie for re-election.

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