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.
The 112-year-old rail tunnel carries 200,000 passenger trips per day on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak along the Northeast Corridor.
In 2010, then-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pulled state funding for the tunnel project.
Amtrak said on Thursday acceptance of the tunnel project into the engineering phase "has been years in the making, and we are thrilled to be even closer to the start of major construction on this critical Gateway Program project."
Persons:
Sandy, Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Schumer, Trump, David Shepardson, Richard Chang
Organizations:
Biden, Amtrak, Federal Transit, Capital Investment, Gateway Development Commission, Federal Railroad Administration, New Jersey Democratic, New Jersey Transit, Democrats, Thomson
Locations:
New York City, New Jersey, Manhattan, New York, Washington, New, Jersey, Newark , New Jersey, Boston