Of course, I'm pissed that TSF canceled federal funding for the Gateway Project. [View all]
It's not discretionary; it's mandatory b/c the present tunnel has an expected lifespan of maybe another decade before it's useless for trains to go between NJ and NYC under the Hudson River. It would greatly reduce the traffic on the bridges and the other tunnels.
TSF first stopped the funding in 2016. This is his second attempt to stop the project.
Joe Biden re-appropriated the funds and the project was finally started.
But I'm also pissed at Chris Christie, former republican governor of NJ. The federal money was allocated and transferred to NJ to build Gateway. Before the first shovel was in the ground, in 2010, Christie unilaterally canceled the project, and kept the federal dollars and allocated them to other NJ transportation projects. Essentially he embezzled the money as it should have been returned to D.C. when he canceled the project.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Program_(Northeast_Corridor)
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