Sentences with phrase «cross-hudson rail tunnel»

Even the Trump administration's recent letter casting doubt on federal funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey has political overtones.

Deteriorating transit conditions have led to renewed criticism of Christie for canceling a new Hudson River rail tunnel project soon after taking office in 2010, saying the cost to his state was too high.

The Gateway Project would add an $ 11 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River to complement deteriorating, century - old tunnels that are at risk of closing in a few years.

In the face of Trump's newfound interest in denying federal funding to a rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York Penn Station — the Western Hemisphere's busiest rail hub — the region's leaders are playing it cool, somewhat.

Trump's threat to veto funding for a new rail tunnel into New York City is showing — as it did in last year's tax debate — that Republicans from the region don't necessarily have the ear of a president whom they consider a local.

Long Island Republican Rep. Pete King hopes his gift of gab convinced Trump to support funding a stalled rail tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, saying the two conferred about the $ 30 billion Gateway Project the president has vowed to block during the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on Capitol Hill.

Trump is pressing congressional Republicans to oppose funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, using the power of his office to block a key priority for the region and his Democratic rivals, according to several people with knowledge of his actions.

More recently, Centre Island developer Vincent Polimeni proposed a road and rail tunnel linking Long Island to Westchester County about 10 years ago.

Trump was «very positive» toward a multi-billion dollar plan to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River at a White House confab last week, but «the fat lady hasn't sung yet,» U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has pulled out of the group leading the $ 23.9 billion Gateway Program that includes digging a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

On the heels of US Senator Charles Schumer's announcement that he will push for construction of a new cross-Hudson rail tunnel from Secaucus to Penn Station, he said Wednesday that he would lobby for a «Secaucus Loop.»

A multi-billion dollar plan to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River could be even more expensive because of the Scaffold Law — a 19th century liability law critics say drives up liability insurance costs, a group looking to repeal the law warned.

GATEWAY — Planner to New York and New Jersey: Forget Trump, pay for Gateway yourselves, by POLITICO's Dana Rubinstein: One prominent planner has a message for New York and New Jersey leaders: Give up on the Trump administration and pay for the new cross-Hudson rail tunnels yourselves.

The list also includes two expensive projects in the president's home town, New York City, a major subway extension and new rail tunnels under the Hudson River.

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Construction of an urgently needed rail tunnel under the Hudson River became more likely after NJ Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed a plan for the two states and the Port Authority to cover half of the project's expected $ 20 billion cost — as long as the federal government covers the other half.

Construction of an urgently needed rail tunnel under the Hudson River appears to have suddenly become much more likely after Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday endorsed a plan for the two states and the Port Authority to cover half of the project's expected $ 20 billion cost, with the federal government being asked to pay the other half.

Schumer, meanwhile, pivoted to sounding the alarm over the cross-Hudson rail tunnel that connects Manhattan to New Jersey, saying that its imperative to undergo an upgrade.

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that his and Gov. Chris Christie's proposal to split the cost of a cross-Hudson rail tunnel with the federal government was not a starting point for negotiations, but rather «the endpoint.»

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants New York to shoulder more of the cost of any new passenger rail tunnels under the Hudson River.

If New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund, which funds transportation projects, were broke, for example, governors would raid the Port Authority, the way Christie diverted funds set aside for Access to the Region's Core (ARC), the stalled rail tunnel project under the Hudson River to Manhattan, to rebuild the Pulaski Skyway.

The $ 24 billion plan to build two new Hudson River rail tunnels has moved several steps closer toward a 2019 start date, officials say, though details of how it would be paid for remain a work in progress.

New York, New Jersey, the Port Authority and federal officials are reportedly now hammering out a framework for a new entity dedicated solely to building a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey commuters to their jobs in midtown Manhattan.

Building a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey has been one of the nation's top infrastructure priorities for several years.

In August, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the region to create a separate «development corporation» to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey commuters to their jobs in midtown Manhattan.

With the two Hudson rail tunnels threatening to give up the ghost on a moment's notice, the Gateway project, which would add two more and still barely keep up with growth in ridership, hardly qualifies as a frill.

During a discussion about what impact, if any, Donald Trump's presidency would have on the Port's efforts to build a new cross-Hudson passenger rail tunnel, Degnan said that given how much lip service Trump has paid to infrastructure spending, it was important to have projects like the rail tunnel shovel - ready.

Money for a new Hudson River rail tunnel is in question.

Rising estimates for the new Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River could cost the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey an additional $ 800 million, according to statements made by a trustee of the agency tasked with building Gateway.

Michael Polimeni is chief executive of Polimeni International, which proposed the road and rail tunnel linking Long Island to Westchester County.

All criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for pulling the plug on the Hudson River rail tunnel project: Access to the Region's Core.

The existing rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River, on which the two states» economies rely, is fast deteriorating.

The project calls for building a new tunnel linking New Jersey and Manhattan to alleviate traffic on two century - old rail tunnels.

It will build a new rail tunnel - the first in one hundred years - and it will speed commuters from the west.

Public advocate Bill de Blasio and city comptroller John Liu, who are running for mayor this year, are campaigning in part on the promise of building a rail tunnel to transport cargo beneath New York Harbor from New Jersey to Brooklyn and Queens and on to Long Island.

Mr. Cuomo is asking the administration to restart efforts to build new rail tunnels beneath the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York City, and headed to Washington for a meeting with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after huddling with the New York...

Governor Andrew Cuomo says new rail tunnels are needed under the Hudson River to alleviate congestion and the federal government needs to commit more money for the project to make it work.

«Not to put mass transit on the bridge is a terrible mistake,» said Bloomberg, who also criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to cancel a rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

He belatedly brokered an MTA funding scheme, embraced the need for a new cross-Hudson rail tunnel, and announced plans to make Penn Station and LaGuardia Airport less execrable.

Gateway Tunnel's Fate Under Trump Has Been Clear for Months President Donald Trump asked Republican congressional leaders to block federal funding for the Gateway rail tunnel from New Jersey into Manhattan, The Washington Post reported late last week.

Cuomo has spent the last week or so touting the state's investments in roads, bridges, subways, airports, a rail tunnel, a convention center, a train station, and so on.

It took Swiss engineers 14 years to dig the world's longest rail tunnel, the 57 - kilometre Gotthard Base Tunnel under the Alps.

The longest tunnel, just before the railway station at the village of Barog, spans more than a kilometre and at the time of its completion in the late nineteenth century was the longest rail tunnel in the world.

As Assistant Executive Director and then Executive Director of NJ Transit, he advanced the business plan to construction start of Hudson River rail tunnels.

The Guardian reports that the two - mile long Belgian solar rail tunnel was specifically built to protect trains from falling trees on a high - speed rail link that runs by an ancient forest.

Leading the AG team advising the Danish government on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project — an $ 8 billion, 19 km road and rail tunnel linking Denmark and Germany

Large infrastructure investments planned included the digging of a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

Not exact matches

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, however, has said he is interested in using the tunnel to support a rail connection between LAX and Union Station, a main transit hub that connects Los Angeles to distant suburbs.

Companies in this industry lease out equipment for activities related to air, sea, and rail transport, as well as construction of highways, roads, tunnels, bridges, and oil drilling.

Barreling through one of the station's smoke - filled tunnels, a commuter train slammed into the rear of another train that not entered the rail yard.