The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is now officially a party in a lawsuit over the city’s proposed “road diet” for Atlantic Avenue, after the agency asserted its right to review plans and decide whether the project will move forward. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Superior Court Assignment Judge Michael Blee allowed the CRDA to enter the case after a hearing Monday, and after all parties to the case had consented to the CRDA entering the case. The road diet is reducing vehicle travel lanes on Atlantic Avenue from four to two in places, with a turning lane in the center. It also is improving traffic light synchronization, which the city has argued will help traffic flow, and repaving the length of the avenue.