Section 32:1-35.25 - Findings and determinationsThe states of New York and New Jersey hereby find and determine that:
(i) Each air and marine terminal facility operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey within the Port of New York District serves the entire district, and the problem of furnishing proper and adequate air and marine terminal facilities is a regional and interstate problem;(ii) Improved highway access to certain of such air and marine terminal facilities is necessary for their continued development, which development is vital and essential to the preservation of the economic well-being of the Northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area;(iii) It is the purpose of this act to authorize the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to participate in the development of improved highway access projects specifically with respect to Newark International Airport, Port Newark and the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal as part of a unified plan and with the single object of preserving and developing the economic well-being of the Northern New Jersey-New York metropolitan area, and such undertaking is found to be in the public interest.