We’ve been talking about this problem for more than 30 years. Polistina is looking for input from anyone who has ideas for potentially workable solutions. With New York casinos likely coming on board in the next 3-4 years, now is the time to fix structural problems like basic transportation. More than 20 million guests per year come to Atlantic City to vacation. He is aware that there is existing right of ways and existing rail lines that should be examined as a possible solution to the long-standing local shortfall. There have been more than 40 years (during the casino era) to properly address basic transportation needs from Philadelphia International Airport to Atlantic City. The Atlantic City Expressway has been essential to Atlantic City’s overall operating success. This began 30 years of a prosperous monopoly for Atlantic City, with more than a dozen more hotel/casinos opening during this time of unprecedented growth. Resorts International Hotel and Casino opened in 1978.

Without this road, you can’t overstate what a competitive disadvantage Atlantic City would have faced moving vehicular traffic into Atlantic City.Ĭonstruction of the Atlantic City Expressway began in the summer of 1962. It was Farley who delivered the Atlantic City Expressway. Polistina could be this generation’s version of the late Senator Frank S.

The need is even greater from Philadelphia to Atlantic City versus Atlantic City International Airport to Atlantic City. We believe that Polistina should expand his call to action to include rail or some other form of ground service from Philadelphia to Atlantic City.

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