The long overdue Door The tunnel project got another round of federal funding as Democrats prepare for a possible Donald Trump The victory in the November elections and public transport advocates are still outraged by the governor. Kathy Hochul Kill congestion pricing.
Hochul, US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and the senator from New Jersey. Cory Booker On Monday morning, the federal government announced the $6.8 billion federal funding agreement in hopes of moving forward on the $16 billion project to build a rail tunnel under the Hudson River. The project is aimed at keeping one of the country’s largest economic veins running, and Monday’s announcement will ensure its future regardless of who is in power. White Houseofficials said.
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With money in hand, the Gateway Development Commission will begin boring the tunnel this month and hopes to meet its projected completion date of 2035. When complete, the Gateway Tunnel will provide rail travelers with expanded service and redundancy in case something happens to the existing tunnels, which are more than 100 years old.
“This fully funded grant agreement will provide the critical resources needed to deliver an essential piece of infrastructure that will bring millions of visitors to New York each year,” Hochul said in a statement.
Schumer announced the project’s progress in November 2023 with a $3.8 billion federal grant that allowed work to begin on the final phase of the concrete lining project to allow trains to run underneath. Hudson Yards at the beginning or end of the 10-mile tunnel ride from Palisades to Pennsylvania Station.
“The Gateway project has long been a passion of mine,” Schumer said in a statement. “It is a labor of love. And after many false starts and obstacles in our path, Gateway is moving full speed ahead with billions of dollars (of the Federal Transit Administration) ready to operate and use for critical and construction jobs.”
But the announcement failed to sway some groups that still felt marginalized when Hochul paused congestion pricing in Manhattan just 25 days before the program was supposed to take effect. The toll plan was expected to bring $15 billion to the city’s economy. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityAnd the agency now says it will have to pause transportation improvements due to the loss of funding.
“While the governor applauds one project, her change of heart cost New York its largest federal capital investment grant in history, which would have built the Second Avenue subway to East Harlem.” Danny PearlsteinPolicy director for the transportation advocacy group Alliance of Riders“While courting suburbanites who hate her, the governor has abandoned millions of city bus and subway riders who elected her and are stuck waiting for reliable, accessible public transportation,” he said in a statement.
Mark Hallum can be reached at mhallum@commercialobserver.com.
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