Trenton, NJ
Maybe MADD wouldn’t be as mad if they named Route 23,”Robert Roe’s Two Victims Highway” — just doesn’t roll off the tongue the same…
Former Rep. Robert Roe has asked lawmakers to repeal a measure naming Route 23 in his honor, after critics complained a 1993 drunken driving accident left him undeserving of the tribute.In a letter to Gov. Jon Corzine, the former congressman said he was grateful for the consideration but preferred to honor the wishes of the two people injured in the accident who opposed creation of the Robert A. Roe Memorial Highway.
Roe, 83, said he regrets the accident that injured two members of the Worosila family on Green Pond Road in Rockaway Township, not far from Route 23, and asked that they find it in their hearts to eventually forgive him.
Route 23 is a 50-mile road that runs north from Essex County to the New York border in Sussex County.
Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Essex), one of the prime sponsors of the bill to honor Roe and who said he had been unaware of the drunken driving incident, said today he would initiate steps to repeal the honor.