A federal court has denied the American Automobile Association’s request to immediately roll back the controversial Hudson River crossings toll hikes that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey put into effect last September. The Feb. 6 decision by Judge Richard J. Holwell of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan is part of a lawsuit that AAA’s Automobile Club of New York filed against the Port Authority in September charging that the agency uses toll revenues to pay for non-transportation projects including the World Trade Center redevelopment. The suit is ongoing.

The Port Authority says the lawsuit is without merit. “We are pleased that the court has denied [AAA’s] application for a preliminary injunction,” the agency says.