The six Boardwalk casinos have entrances along Pacific Avenue. He said the casinos have been asking the city for over a year to do such a study, which would try to predict how traffic would be pushed onto other roads in more residential neighborhoods, as well as onto Pacific Avenue, which he said is already overwhelmed by traffic during peak hours. He also said such a plan must be approved by a state agency, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, which has power over traffic in the area that includes Atlantic Avenue. Mark Giannantonio, president of Resorts as well as of the Casino Association of New Jersey, the industry's trade group, said the casinos support the repaving and traffic light synchronization aspects of the project, which is aimed at reducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries on 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) of Atlantic Avenue.īut he said a full study needs to be done to examine the potential impacts of narrowing the road. Rather, the judge will hear full details of the situation in a Jan. Last Friday, Judge Michael Blee in Atlantic County declined to issue the immediate order the casinos and the hospital had sought to stop the project in its tracks. Officials said narrowing the road was a requirement for accepting the $24 million in government funds. The city says the federal and state-funded project will make a dangerous road safer at no cost to local taxpayers.

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