Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

Tag: ARC

  • Opposition to Deep-Cavern Terminal Grows

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    Donald Winship

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    New Jersey opinion leaders are joining the Lackawanna Coalition and other rider advocates in opposing the proposed deep-cavern terminal that would be built 20 stories below Manhattan’s 34th Street as part of the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) Project.  Columnists Paul Mulshine of the Star-Ledger and Bob Ingle of the Asbury Park Press have written in opposition to…

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  • Use It or Lose It?

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    Donald Winship

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    From our September/October 2010 Railgram newsletter  How the ARC Project Can Be “Right-sized” into the Moynihan/Penn Station First Alternative Can the currently planned Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project, which would build a dead-end deep-cavern terminal 20 stories (181’) beneath 34th Street in Manhattan, be right-sized into rail advocates’ Moynihan/Penn Station First alternative, which…

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  • NJT Board Approves Over $1 Billion in “ARC” Contracts

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    Donald Winship

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    The Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit approved $1.15 Billion in contracts for the “ARC” (Access to the Region’s Core, also known as Mass Transit Tunnel) and Portal Bridge Projects on December 9th, the last Board meeting before incumbent Governor Jon Corzine leaves office.  The contracts call for construction under Manhattan to build a…

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  • NJT Breaks Ground for ARC Tunnel

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    Donald Winship

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    The Lackawanna Coalition supports additional tunnel capacity to Manhattan, but opposes the proposed “deep cavern” terminal that is planned to accompany the proposed additional tunnels.  We continue to question the affordability of the deep-cavern terminal portion of the project, and we object to the planned eviction of Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton Line riders from…

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