From: ruben@mrbrklyn.com   
      
   On 12/30/2017 12:52 AM, danny burstein wrote:   
   > [Crains NY]   
   >   
   > Trump administration kills Gateway tunnel deal   
   >   
   > Feds declare agreement to share massive project's costs with NY and NJ   
   > "nonexistent"   
   >   
   > President Donald Trump dropped his own New Year's ball - in the form of   
   > a wrecking ball - with a late Friday afternoon announcement that   
   > effectively wipes out plans for perhaps the nation's most crucial   
   > infrastructure project.   
   >   
   > The president officially scrapped his predecessor's proposal to have the   
   > federal government underwrite half the cost of a multi-billion-dollar   
   > Amtrak tunnel connecting New Jersey to Penn Station, the busiest transit   
   > hub in the U.S. The lone existing tunnel is rapidly deteriorating,   
   > threatening to sever Amtrak's popular Northeast Corridor and to divert   
   > tens of thousands of New Jerseyans from their daily Manhattan commutes   
   > via New Jersey Transit.   
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   > rest:   
   > http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20171229/POLITICS/1712299   
   1/trump-administration-kills-gateway-tunnel-deal   
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   good, let jersey pay for it   
      
      
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