DELUCA, COLLUM VISIT NJ TRANSIT HQ AS PLANNED TO OPPOSE TRAIN DIVERSION PLAN

Deluca and Collum with others outside NJ Transit in Newark 

As promised, Mayor Vic Deluca joined South Orange Village President Sheena Collum and a handful of other local officials at NJ Transit headquarters in Newark today to challenge plans for a Midtown Direct diversion to Hoboken for most of the summer.

You may recall when the transit agency announced that all Midtown Direct trains would go to Hoboken in July and August because of Penn Station improvements, Deluca and Collum penned a joint letter slamming the idea and requested a meeting with the agency. 

Assemblyman John McKeon, right, with Deluca and Collum

That meeting was first set for last Friday, then pushed back to today. But when NJ Transit asked for another postponement to Wednesday, Deluca and Collum would have none of it, vowing to show up at 2 p.m. today and wait as long as it took for a meeting.

We found them on time at the NJ Transit headquarters ready to plead their case. Also in attendance were Livingston Mayor Shawn R. Klein and Millburn Deputy Mayor Jodi Rosenberg.

Former Gov. Richard Codey, left,

As the group waited for their meeting, Assemblyman John McKeon and State Senator, and former governor, Richard Codey showed up as well ready to support the effort.

We'll let you know what happens.