Documents: Bridge official had concerns about lane closings' impact on EMS

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/10/politics/christie-bridge/

Documents: Bridge official had concerns about lane closings' impact on EMS
By Halimah Abdullah, CNN
updated 5:36 PM EST, Fri January 10, 2014

(CNN) -- New Jersey officials realized early on that lane closures on access lanes to the George Washington Bridge morphed from a traffic nightmare into a major safety concern in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

"Specifically traffic conditions required Ft Lee officers to remain out on corners, managing traffic instead of attending to public safety issues," Robert Durando, the general manager of the George Washington Bridge wrote in an e-mail on September 9, as traffic continued to back up.

Durando also expressed concerns about the "inability of emergency response vehicles ... to traverse the borough while responding to emergencies."

"Fort Lee is not happy," Durando said in another e-mail.