Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project

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Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project
In the waning days of 2017, the Trump administration pulled its support for the $13 billion Hudson Tunnel project.

Christian Britschgi|Jan. 2, 2018 3:50 pm

Sen. Chuck SchumerMIKE THEILER/UPI/NewscomIt's rare for a president to pull funding from a sweetheart transportation project. But on the final Friday of 2017, the Trump administration announced that it was backing away from an Obama-era plan to lavish billions in federal aid on the Hudson Tunnel project.

Billed as "the nation's most urgent major infrastructure project" by its proponents, the venture envisions a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with repairs to an existing rail tunnel damaged by Hurricane Sandy. All of this would mostly serve to increase rail transit service within the New York City metro area.

http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/02/trump-administration-tells-new-york-new

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Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project
In the waning days of 2017, the Trump administration pulled its support for the $13 billion Hudson Tunnel project.

Christian Britschgi|Jan. 2, 2018 3:50 pm

Sen. Chuck SchumerMIKE THEILER/UPI/NewscomIt's rare for a president to pull funding from a sweetheart transportation project. But on the final Friday of 2017, the Trump administration announced that it was backing away from an Obama-era plan to lavish billions in federal aid on the Hudson Tunnel project.

Billed as "the nation's most urgent major infrastructure project" by its proponents, the venture envisions a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River along with repairs to an existing rail tunnel damaged by Hurricane Sandy. All of this would mostly serve to increase rail transit service within the New York City metro area.

http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/02/trump-administration-tells-new-york-new

$13 billion?   They must have hired the contractors from Boston.