July 21, 2005

Mobile phone service in the busy Lincoln and Holland tunnels has resumed yesterday, following a nearly two-week outage called for by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in response to subway bombings in London on July 7.

Last week, the Metropolitan Transit Authority restored cell-phone service in the Midtown and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels.

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Questions have been raised about the process that led to decisions to shut down mobile-phone service in the four tunnels in light of confusion and other factors involved in those actions in the immediate aftermath of the deadly London attacks.

"Following ongoing consultations with security officials in New York and New Jersey who have reviewed the circumstances specific to the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, and based on current security information, the Port Authority determined it will restore cell-phone service to the tunnels effective immediately," said Kenneth J. Ringer Jr., executive director of the Port Authority.

Source: RCR News