WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – The Biden administration advanced a key $6.88 billion grant to help build a long-delayed new railway tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, which would be the largest ever federal transportation grant for a single project.
The $17.2 billion Hudson Tunnel Project will repair an existing tunnel and build a new one for passenger railroad Amtrak and state commuter lines between New Jersey and Manhattan.
Any failure of the lines in the current tunnel, which was heavily damaged during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, would hobble commuting in the metropolitan area that produces 10% of the country’s economic output.
The White House called the decision
US advances $6.88 billion grant for key New York tunnel project
