A federal judge is allowing New York City's controversial "congestion pricing" to proceed. 

The New York Post reports that Judge Leo Gordon, on Friday, shot down a "last-ditch" attempt to stop the congestion toll from proceeding.

Accordingly, the controversial poll will now be allowed to proceed.

First, we will catch you up to speed on the situation, and then we will look at the judge's decision.

Here's what is going on:

Fox News explains what "congestion pricing" means.

Per the outlet:

Congestion pricing would commence in January, and institute a video-enforced toll on newly-built gantries surrounding the city’s core. Traffic moving below 60th Street and Central Park, and entering from New Jersey, Brooklyn or Queens — except for via the RFK Triboro Bridge and George Washington Bridge — would be subject to the toll.

The outlet goes on to explain that the tell will be for about $9 per citation.

Democrat New York Governor "Hochul previously said she would like to see a slightly lower price point than the original $15 — around $9, citing inflation — and [Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chair and CEO Janno] Lieber suggested he was open to seeing whether a lower toll could achieve the same revenue goals," Fox reports.

The plan, though, has received much pushback, particularly from Republicans.

It's a go

As mentioned earlier, Judge Gordon struck down a last-ditch attempt on Friday to stop congestion pricing from being implemented. The opposition actually came from New Jersey.

The Post reports:

Gordon made his explanation at a last-minute hearing in Newark federal court, where lawyers for Gov. Phil Murphy argued that the plan shouldn’t be allowed to take effect until after measures are put in place to address the environmental impacts the toll will have on Garden State communities. If the plan did go forward without addressing the negative effects, it would cause irreversible damage in New Jersey and other local communities, while another delay wouldn’t hurt the MTA, NJ lawyers argued.

Gordon, though, was not having it.

The Post adds, "Judge Leo Gordon clarified that his Monday ruling — finding that the toll plan didn’t sufficiently lay out a plan to mitigate the impacts the toll would have on New Jersey — would still allow the toll to start Jan. 5 at midnight."

Accordingly, congestion pricing is a go. President-Elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to scrap the idea once he is in the White House. By then, though, congestion pricing would have already been in effect for a couple of weeks.