N.J. guv scraps planned N.J.-NYC rail tunnel
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a Republican fundraiser for Iowa's Republican candidate for governor, Terry Branstad in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Oct. 4, 2010) Credit: AP
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is canceling plans for a decades-in-the-making, $8.7 billion rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan.
The Republican governor said Thursday that the project has become too costly. The tunnel was to be the nation’s largest public transit project. The commuter tunnel has been planned for 20 years and is already under construction.
Currently, NJ Transit and Amtrak share a two-track tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The project would add two more tracks. It would double the number of NJ Transit trains that could pass under the river.
More than 625,000 people trek into Manhattan from New Jersey each work day, but only 185,000 of them do so by rail. NJ Transit estimates the new tunnel would boost ridership.
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