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New plan cuts more than $1B off New York rail tunnel cost
New York and New Jersey submitted a new plan for a rail tunnel project under the Hudson River that cuts nearly $1.5 billion off the previous cost estimate, as officials seek to break a funding impasse with the federal government that has stalled progress in recent years.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/plan-cuts-1b-off-york-rail-tunnel-cost-65169724
Democrats accuse the Trump administration of holding up funding for the Hudson River tunnel for political payback while the bridge replacement qualifies for the federal funding.
"Why do 2 tubes of only 2 miles long under Hudson cost $11 billion, when Denmark & Germany build 4 lane road plus 2 rail track tunnel under the Baltic Sea for only $8 billion? "
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-gateway-20200511-3xlmetz67zhyrfscgg4e27lyoq-story.html
- Beware of what you want. You might get it.
Is NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo backtracking on Gateway tunnel?
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New Jersey US Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez together with 13 other Northeast Senators write a letter to FRA Administrator Ronald Batory that the agency finalize and approve plans to immediately advance the Hudson Tunnel Project into the design and construction phase, noting the project secured draft Environmental Impact Statement approval in 2017.
https://www.globest.com/2020/02/07/northeast-us-senators-press-feds-to-advance-hudson-tunnel-project/?slreturn=20200112184513
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Northeast US Senators Press Feds to Advance Hudson Tunnel Project | GlobeSt
www.globest.comNew Jersey US Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez joined 13 other Northeast Senators in a letter to FRA Administrator Ronald Batory that the agency finalize and approve plans to immediately advance the Hudson Tunnel Project into the design and...