Some New Jersey leaders are concerned over the impact that congestion pricing, which went into effect on Sunday, may have on their communities.

Those who live in Fort Lee near the George Washington Bridge are used to heavy traffic, but Mayor Mark Sokolich believes it could get a lot worse.

With the new congestion pricing in effect below 60th Street in Manhattan, Sokolich expects many drivers to take the GWB, instead of the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, making congestion in his borough even worse than it already is.

"Our concern is that people looking to avoid the cost, albeit reduced, I get it, they're coming here to the bridge," Sokolich said. "Maybe it will be so much traffic that they won't come, but if there's so much traffic that they won't come, you can only imagine the quality of our lives."

Sokolich says he and other mayors recently met with Google to discuss how navigation apps might avoid rerouting onto local roads. He also says that, with an older population, his concern is about his residents' health and safety.

"We actually are considering investing in air qualities and placing them in certain points in the borough, to determine and create a baseline and see what happens with congestion pricing...we know the burden you're trying to relieve in the city, but just understand you're placing an excessive burden on small places like here," Sokolich said.

Those in New Jersey and New York agree that congestion isn't great, but is the congestion pricing fee going to get people out from behind the wheel and onto mass transit? Advocates of the new toll say, in the long run, it should.

"They're going to benefit from these investments, and anyone coming in is going to benefit from safer streets, more reliable trips, cleaner air, so it's a controversial program now, but we're hoping once people see the benefits it, will become less controversial," said Kate Slevin, executive vice president of Regional Plan Association. It's a nonprofit that works to improve livability and quality of life, in the New York City metro area.

Slevin says several major cities across the world that have implemented congestion pricing fees, like New York City, have seen positive impacts.

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