Toll payers on the George Washington Bridge and other Port Authority crossings will be the ones paying for the legal representation for more than a dozen employees caught up in the Bridge-Gate investigation.

The costs for representing state workers are also adding up quickly. Attorneys are billing thousands of hours at $350 each.



Criminal defense attorney Darren Gelber wouldn't venture a guess without knowing how much work is needed for each client, but was certain this isn't going away soon. "What many people would think of as taking a very long time, in legal circles, would be thought of as the blink of an eye," he says.



The total is already over $1.5 million and neither the Port Authority nor the Attorney General's Office would dare to speculate as to how much it's going to cost in the end.