Category: Expansion Projects
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The Lackawanna Coalition has passed a resolution in support of building “An Affordable ARC Project Now—Not Later”. The organization calls on the state commissioner of transportation and the executive director of New Jersey Transit (NJT) to implement plans that would expand and modernize Northeast Corridor (NEC) capacity while drawing only on $6.4 billion in existing…
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The Amtrak plan would build new rail tunnels into the existing Penn Station, with new tracks to be built between 30th and 31st Streets, south of the existing station. The station itself would be extended southward to accommodate new platforms, which would terminate just east of Seventh Avenue. Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River would…
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US Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both New Jersey Democrats, said in a press release on Sunday, February 6, that they now back a design for the trans-Hudson rail tunnel that would follow the now-cancelled tunnel that would have ended in a “deep cavern” station under 34th Street in Manhattan. However, as long proposed…
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According to the New York Times, since the demise of the ARC tunnel project, New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s administration has been studying extending the No. 7 subway line under the Hudson to connect with NJ Transit at Secaucus. This would expand the regional transportation system and alleviate much of the overcrowding expected on NJT trains…
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The Regional Rail Working Group and its member organizations, the Lackawanna Coalition and the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers, continue to advocate for new tunnels to the existing Penn Station, with station enhancements under the Moynihan Station plan advanced by New York, with additional improvements for more capacity. Representatives of the organizations made statements to…
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Advocates for the Moynihan/Penn Station First alternative to the “deep-cavern” ARC project plan look forward to the opportunity to work with the Christie administration, NJ Transit, Amtrak, New York, and other regional players on development of an affordable, yet improved alternate plan for ARC, based on previous environmental and planning studies, that is advanced rapidly…
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New York MTA Chairman Jay Walder reportedly said on October 13 (at a Crain’s Business Breakfast Forum) that if New Jersey doesn’t want the $3 billion allocated for the ARC tunnel, the MTA will be looking to secure some of the funds for its own needs. (Reported on WNYC.) Meanwhile, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) held…
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Yesterday, Gov. Christie ordered that the ARC Project, with its deep-cavern terminal, be shut down. Today, he met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and softened his position, agreeing to submit the issue to a study group from US DOT and NJ Transit. Still, the Governor held his ground on the cost issue. He…
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We agree with Gov. Christie and his administration that the ARC project as proposed was too expensive, and it was flawed. It did not allow connectivity at Penn Station, and it could not be extended to the East Side. The organizations representing New Jesey’s rail riders raised these issues, and we were heard and believed. New…
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At a 1:30 p.m. news conference on October 7, NJ Gov. Chris Christie announced that the long-planned trans-Hudson rail-tunnel construction project will be terminated; the Governor said that the original estimated cost of $8.7 billion might actually balloon to $11–14 billion, an amount that he said New Jersey could not afford. About $600 million had…
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