Christie Orders Odd-Even Rationing System For Filling Up Gas Tanks « CBS New York
BRICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke Friday afternoon and said the state was “inching closer to normalcy” following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.
But things seemed far from normal after the governor issued a gas rationing system to ease the strain several hours later. Starting at noon Saturday, New Jersey will move to an odd-even gas rationing system in 12 counties as part of a “limited state of energy emergency.”
Christie ordered odd-even fuel sales to help ease shortages and long gas lines that have occurred since Sandy decimated the coast earlier this week.
Residents with license plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days of the month Residents with plates ending in an even number will be able to buy gas on even-numbered days, the governor said.
Not everybody was in love with the idea.
“I think it’ll hurt. I think they should just let people line up and get gas — first come first served,” Secaucus resident John Lambert told CBS 2′s Derricke Dennis on Friday night.
“Come on. People got jobs, gotta go to work. What difference does it make — odd days or even days? It really doesn’t matter,” added Todd Swain of Passaic.
