Congress could provide funding for Gateway project NJ.com » Gateway Tunnel funding continued to move through Congress as a key Senate committee approved money for the project despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to the project. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $71.4 billion funding bill for the 12 months beginning Oct. 1 that includes at least $2.5 billion for Amtrak and railroad grants. Michelle2018-06-11T11:09:13-08:00June 10th, 2018|New Jersey, New York, Public-Private Partnerships, Railways, Trump & Infrastructure|
$30B Gateway Tunnel project is ‘a fundamentally local transit asset,’ DOT official says Hudson County View » A federal official in Bayonne last week said that the model used to fund a new ferry operation between the Peninsula City and Manhattan may be the best model to use when trying to fund the $30 billion Gateway Tunnel project. Gateway calls for two, double-tracked tunnels underneath the Hudson River between North Bergen and Manhattan to replace the beleaguered 107-year old, two-track tunnel. Michelle2018-05-24T15:59:56-08:00May 21st, 2018|New York, Railways, Trump & Infrastructure|
GOP Wants to Yank Gateway Funds Out of Trump’s Signed 2019 Budget NJ Spotlight » The threat to the Gateway funding comes from a group of 27 GOP representatives that is encouraging the use of a parliamentary procedure known as “rescission” to remove an estimated $541 million that was just allocated for the infrastructure project in a more than $1 trillion federal spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump late last month. Michelle2018-04-30T15:13:18-08:00April 30th, 2018|New York, Rail, Railways, Trump & Infrastructure, U.S. News|
Menendez threatens to block Trump nominee over Gateway tunnel fight NJ.com » U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez is threatening to block President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Transit Administration, claiming Thelma Drake changed her answers about the Gateway Tunnel project after meeting with him. Under Senate rules, any individual lawmaker can put a hold a nominee, preventing a floor vote. Michelle2018-04-18T15:02:28-08:00April 17th, 2018|New Jersey, New York, Trump & Infrastructure, U.S. News|
NYC Tunnel Funding Leads to New Clash Between Transportation Secretary, Lawmakers Bloomberg » The powerful Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee scolded Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for not supporting the Gateway rail bridge and tunnel projects in New York and New Jersey, as lawmakers from the region keep up their fight with the Trump administration over money for the program. Michelle2018-04-16T15:30:31-08:00April 12th, 2018|New Jersey, New York, Public-Private Partnerships, Rail, Trump & Infrastructure|
Self-imposed deadline passes for Gateway environmental review Politico » The deadline may be self-imposed, but it is meaningful. Planners had been pursuing a two-year expedited environmental review process in the hopes of making a July deadline to access federal funding and launching the procurement process this summer. Now, the federal government is threatening to throw a wrench into the whole schedule. Michelle2018-04-06T14:22:33-08:00April 4th, 2018|New Jersey, New York, Public-Private Partnerships, Railways|
