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"The Gateway project, which would construct a tunnel from New York's Penn Station to neighboring New Jersey to replace two aging tunnels, was listed as the nation's top infrastructure priority by the president's transition team before Trump took office last year."
Trump wants the funding used for his infrastructure bill.
If NJ, and NY want to use their share from the infrastructure bill money for this project, so be it, but the money isn't going to be tied up before the bill is ready.
Why can't NJ and NYC raise their own funds based on ridership of new trains?
interstate commerce falls under federal regulation...
if they each built their own lines that ended at the state line, and the riders would get off/walk over and get on, it would be fine
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There was already a thread on this months ago.
Trump wants the funding used for his infrastructure bill.
If NJ, and NY want to use their share from the infrastructure bill money for this project, so be it, but the money isn't going to be tied up before the bill is ready.
What appears to be new is Trump again stepping forward at Billy Graham's funeral to ensure the project received no funding:
"House Democrats reacted angrily Saturday to reports that President Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to cut federal money for the $30 billion Hudson River rail tunnel project.
“What is this? Is this again part of his mean-spiritedness toward New York?” asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after a Queens town-hall meeting on the Democrats’ new tax plan."
What appears to be new is Trump again stepping forward at Billy Graham's funeral to ensure the project received no funding:
"House Democrats reacted angrily Saturday to reports that President Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to cut federal money for the $30 billion Hudson River rail tunnel project.
“What is this? Is this again part of his mean-spiritedness toward New York?” asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi after a Queens town-hall meeting on the Democrats’ new tax plan."
They aren't going to tie up the federal money while they are working on an infrastructure bill.
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