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N.Y. Bridges and Tunnels New York/New Jersey 47/31 § 4: No title

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  1. Bridges and Tunnels New York/New Jersey 47/31

§ 4. The port authority shall, so far as it deems it practicable,

treat as a single unified operation the construction, maintenance and

operation of the said Midtown Hudson tunnel, the said Holland tunnel,

the two vehicular bridges over the Arthur Kill, the vehicular bridge

over the Kill van Kull, the vehicular bridge over the Hudson river at

Fort Lee, and any other vehicular bridges or tunnels which it may

construct or operate, raising moneys for the construction thereof and

for the making of additions and improvements thereto in whole or in part

upon its own obligations, and establishing and levying such tolls and

other charges as it may deem necessary to secure from all of such

bridges and tunnels as a group, at least sufficient revenue to meet the

expenses of the construction, maintenance and operation of such bridges

and tunnels as a group, and to provide for the payment of the interest

upon and amortization and retirement of and the fulfillment of the terms

of all bonds and other securities and obligations which it may have

issued or incurred in connection therewith.

The additions and improvements to bridges and tunnels constructed or

operated by it which the port authority is hereby authorized to

effectuate shall include but not be limited to parking facilities, by

which is meant transportation facilities consisting of one or more

areas, buildings, structures, improvements, or other accommodations or

appurtenances necessary, convenient or desirable in the opinion of the

port authority for the parking or storage of motor vehicles of users of

such bridges and tunnels and other members of the general public and for

the transfer of the operators and passengers of such motor vehicles to

and from omnibuses and other motor vehicles operated by carriers over or

through such bridges or tunnels, and for purposes incidental thereto.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent the port authority

from establishing, levying and collecting tolls and other charges in

connection with any parking facility in addition to and other than the

tolls or charges established, levied and collected in connection with

the bridge or tunnel to which such parking facility is an addition and

improvement or any other bridge or tunnel.

The port authority shall not proceed with the construction of any

parking facility as an addition and improvement to any bridge or tunnel

other than a parking facility in the township of North Bergen in the

state of New Jersey at or in the vicinity of the Midtown Hudson tunnel

and its approaches and connections, except as heretofore or hereafter

expressly authorized.

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