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. The AtlantiCare hospital system, and Caesars, Tropicana, Bally's, Hard Rock and Resorts casinos, are asking a state Superior Court judge to order an end to the project, which began Dec.
Five Boardwalk casinos and a hospital want a judge to prevent Atlantic City from completing a controversial program to narrow the main road running through the city's downtown, saying such a move could hurt business and endanger lives during traffic-choked periods.