Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • NJT Board Members: Wake Up!

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    Webweaver

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    Portal North Bridge Is Out of Money Already! Stop the presses, NJ Transit Board members, please wake up! The $1.56 billion Portal North Bridge construction contract you approved unanimously at a special meeting last Oct. 12 is a whopping $340 million (28%) over the $1.22 billion contract cost in the PNB Project capital budget! The…

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  • Coalition Calls for Affordable Trans-Hudson Project

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    John Bobsin

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    Coalition Calls for Affordable Trans-Hudson Project, As Feds Demand “ARC” Money Back from NJT Just as the Lackawanna Coalition made the case in New England for an affordable project that would bring a new rail tunnel into New York’s Penn Station to improve regional connectivity, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) reiterated its demand that New…

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  • Coalition Objects to Potentially High Legal Bill for NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    The NJT Board of Directors has approved the hiring of the Washington lobbying and law firm of Patton Boggs, LLC, to defend the agency against a claim by the Federal Transit Administration for $271 million.  The FTA wants NJT to reimburse that sum because of the cancellation of the ARC Project in October.  Patton Boggs charges…

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  • FTA Sends Bill to NJT

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    Donald Winship

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    The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has sent a bill to New Jersey Transit for $271 million for money advanced to the agency for work on the ARC Project, which Gov. Christie scrapped last month. NJT Executive Director James Weinstein disputed the bill and also said that there will not be a fare increase to raise…

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