Portal Bridge failures to be reduced with new Coast Guard order

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This is a baby step but it is more feelgood than reality.

New Jersey river restrictions aim to ease Portal Bridge stress, commuting trouble
https://abc7ny.com/traffic/nj-river-restrictions-aim-to-ease-portal-bridge-stress/5195703/

Under the Coast Guard order, all marine traffic on the Hackensack River that requires Amtrak's Portal Bridge in Kearny to open has been halted between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., with only limited exceptions due to tidal restrictions and with a minimum two hours' notice.

Menendez made the request with Senator Cory Booker and Governor Phil Murphy, followed by Amtrak, after two separate bridge failures on October 30 during the morning and evening commutes.

Those bridge failures creating a commuting nightmare and forced the delay and cancellation of 164 New Jersey Transit and Amtrak trains, affecting more than 155,000 passengers.

The previous embargo was 6am-10am and 4pm-8pm. The problem is the limited exceptions for tidal restrictions. That privilege has been utilized at the fringes of rush hour in the past.