>>896069

>Example.

>Gateway Bridge Project.

>$1.8mm Cory Booker - Singapore.

>$3.5mm Chuck Schumer - Israel.

>$400k Chris Christie - Mary Pat US.

>……..

>Omnibus Bill.

>The gift that keeps on giving.

>Q

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All of the names involved with pushing the project are names we've constantly mentioned here as bad actors. The project was widely criticized by those with clear eyes, and declared as "necessary" by those who have proven to be involved with evil. (see below)

"President Trump huddled for about an hour with top officials from New York and New Jersey at the White House on Thursday, including Senators Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand and Govs. Andrew M. Cuomo and Chris Christie, to discuss the future of a multibillion-dollar tunnel between the two states…."

sauce: https:// www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/nyregion/trump-gateway-hudson-tunnel.html

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More recently (3/3): "Trump’s Yanked Support for Hudson Tunnel Angers Those Who Saw a Done Deal"

Just a few months ago, the idea once again appeared to have gained the support it needed in Washington and, once again, it looks as if one powerful official — in this case, the president — could put a stop to it. The latest and perhaps most ominous threat came late Friday night when it was revealed that President Trump had asked Republican leaders to withdraw federal funding for the project.

Mr. Trump has promised to spur “the biggest and boldest infrastructure investment in American history.” So his opposition to an established project that is widely considered a solution to one of the nation’s most critical infrastructure needs has confounded even veterans of his own party. Some fear that Mr. Trump is jeopardizing commerce along the Eastern Seaboard simply to spite Senator Charles E. Schumer, the Democratic leader from New York.

“If the news reports are accurate that he wants to kill it or hold it because he’s mad at Chuck Schumer, that makes no sense,” said Representative Peter King, Republican of Long Island. “This is essential to the national economy as well as the regional economy.”….

sauce: https:// www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/nyregion/trump-schumer-hudson-tunnel.html

sauce for attached pics:

http:// www.hudsontunnelproject.com/

http:// www.hudsontunnelproject.com/documents/2017-04-05_Preferred_Alternative_Figure..pdf

>>897558

Article from 2012:

Schumer vows to jump-start tunnel project

New York's senior senator declared Friday that ground could be broken on Amtrak's proposed tunnel under the Hudson River as soon as next year.

Amtrak's Gateway Tunnel project to link New York and New Jersey received a crucial boost Friday from Sen. Charles Schumer, who said the plan to construct a third rail line under the Hudson River was inching closer to reality.

Mr. Schumer said with enough federal funding and all the relevant players on board, the project could break ground as early as the end of 2013. Usually it takes years before work can begin on such a complex, multi-billion dollar effort.

"It's a truly significant project," Mr. Schumer said at a breakfast forum in midtown Manhattan sponsored by the New York Building Congress. "It's the kind of big idea that could shape the way New York City looks decades from now."

Two rail tunnels connect New Jersey and New York, and both are more than 100 years old. The Gateway project was unveiled in February 2011, after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, citing potential cost overruns, killed the Access to the Region's Core (ARC) project, which was to include a train tunnel under the Hudson. Congress approved an initial $15 million for Gateway in November 2011 and Mr. Schumer said an additional $20 million was close to being secured. The total project is expected to cost $13-$15 billion and will not be completed before 2020.

A new urgency has been brought to the project, Mr. Schumer said, since Amtrak's engineers determined that the best place to construct Gateway (which would have one tunnel in each direction) was directly under the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. The Related Companies is expected to break ground on the massive, mixed-use project late this year. Both Related and Long Island Rail Road, the right-of-way property owners underneath Hudson Yards, are supportive of Gateway, he said.

"That means we need to build these tunnels now," the senior senator said. "We can't wait for the rest of the project to be formulated or nothing will happen."

The project would expand capacity from two to four rail lines between New Jersey and midtown, build new tracks and platforms at Penn Station and improve electrical connections between the two states. The new rail lines would relieve what is considered the worst transit bottleneck in the country, boosting commuter capacity on New Jersey Transit by 75%. Gateway would also allow Amtrak to expand its high-speed Acela service, which is necessary for the development of state-supported high speed rail in New York.

Contracts, design plans and construction dollars are still needed to make Gateway a reality, Mr. Schumer said. The senator vowed to work with New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Amtrak, the LIRR and Related to secure the contract agreements needed to start digging the tunnels next year.

"We need action," he said. "We need it fast…We can't afford any setbacks."

Richard Anderson, president of the Building Congress, an industry group, said Gateway was the "single most important infrastructure investment the region could make."

Denise Richardson, managing director of the General Contractors Association of New York, said Mr. Schumer's "call to action highlights the immediate need for funding and decision-making in Washington, Albany and Trenton in order to make this critical project a reality in our commuting lifetime."

One construction industry insider called Mr. Schumer's comments surprising and refreshing.

"This is a game-changer," the insider said. "I've never heard anyone say such strong things about this project."

Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole praised Mr. Schumer's commitment to the project. "The existing infrastructure is not capable of keeping up with our passengers' needs, and the senator's remarks only add to the growing momentum in support of increasing trans-Hudson capacity sooner rather than later," he said.

sauce: http:// www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120928/TRANSPORTATION/120929888/schumer-vows-to-jump-start-tunnel-project

>>897558

>>897707

Hudson River tunnel project back on, says Schumer

By Holly Dutton • August 11, 2015

The Gateway Project, a plan to build a high-speed railway corridor under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York, is back on.

A day after Amtrak president Steven Gardner testified before the New Jersey Senate Legislative Oversight Committee about the railway’s outdated equipment and much-needed repairs, Senator Chuck Schumer proposed an updated tunnel as a solution.

The Gateway Project was originally proposed in 2011 at a cost of $14 billion, after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie thwarted a similar plan called Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) in 2010 over cost concerns.

Amtrak’s only problem with the Gateway Plan was how to finance it.

But on Monday, Schumer told an audience at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management that the project should be partially funded by creating a development group called Gateway Development Corporation.

“The scale of the project is so large that we need to leverage the resources of all transportation and state agencies we have to achieve progress,” Schumer said. “I’m going to try to get the federal government to pay for as much of this as possible.

“We are fast approaching a regional transportation Armageddon: the busiest rail line in the country stranded without a way in New York.”

Existing tunnels are over 100 years old, and were deteriorating for years before being further strained by Hurricane Sandy.

Though the original tunnel plan was priced at $14 billion, Schumer said that two new tunnels should be build and, with repairs to exisiting tunnels, the price could top $25 billion — a number that will continue to grow the longer the project takes to complete.

The new rail tunnels would run between Newark and New York City, and would add 25 train slots during peak periods to the current system used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit, which has reached full capacity.

A planned right-of-way would run parallel to the current one between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station in Midtown.

The project would construct new rail bridges in the New Jersey Meadowlands, create new tunnels under the Hudson Palisades and the Hudson River, convert parts of the James Farley Post Office into a rail station, and add a terminal annex to NY Penn Station.

With the addition of the new tunnels, The Gateway Project would more than double intercity rail service.

According to Schumer, an agreement between the various offices is all that is needed to set up the Gateway Development Corporation.

It would comprise executives from Amtrak, New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Transportation and transit agencies such as the Port Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and NJ Transit.

Richard T. Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress, applauded Schumer’s move to take leadership of the Gateway Program, a development he called “a crucial transportation infrastructure investment that impacts not only the residents and economies of New York and New Jersey but the entire Northeast corridor.ˮ

Anderson added, “Senator Schumer has offered a realistic and pragmatic proposal, which would have the federal government fund the lion’s share of the Gateway project. It is now up to the states of New York and New Jersey to step up to the plate and contribute their fair share toward the cost of maintaining and expanding a rail tunnel system that is vital to the future of the entire region’s economy.”

Schumer outlined the project at a NYBC breakfast forum last September, where he told the audience that “this is a truly significant project, the kind of big idea that could shape the way New York City looks decades from now.”

sauce: http:// rew-online.com/2015/08/11/hudson-river-tunnel-project-back-on-says-schumer/

>>897558

>>897707

>>897819

>Example.

>Gateway Bridge Project.

>$1.8mm Cory Booker - Singapore.

>$3.5mm Chuck Schumer - Israel.

>$400k Chris Christie - Mary Pat US.

>……..

>Omnibus Bill.

>The gift that keeps on giving.

>Q

A quick KEK from our wonderful POTUS:

December 14, 2017 3:33 p.m. Updated 12/14/2017

Trump slaps at Cuomo, Christie over Hudson River tunnel plan

White House calls New York-New Jersey funding plan "entirely unserious"

sauce: http:// www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20171214/POLITICS/171219924

>>896069

>>897558

>>897707

>>897819

>>897962

>Example.

>Gateway Bridge Project.

>$1.8mm Cory Booker - Singapore.

>$3.5mm Chuck Schumer - Israel.

>$400k Chris Christie - Mary Pat US.

>……..

>Omnibus Bill.

>The gift that keeps on giving.

>Q

New York, New Jersey devise plan to fund Gateway Tunnel project

It remains to be seen if the federal government will consider this plan

After many fits and starts, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and outgoing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have created a plan to come up with their share of funding for the Gateway Tunnel project.

In letters sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the two governors say that they plan on underwriting a portion of the project’s cost by relying on a loan from the DOT’s Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program, reports Crain’s. The two states would take out a 35-year, $1.75 billion loan, with New York paying it back using money from its budget.

New Jersey, meanwhile, would recoup the costs by imposing a surcharge on NJ Transit trips to Manhattan. According to the New York Post, that’ll mean an extra 90 cents on trips on the Trans-Hudson Line starting in 2020, with the charge going up to $1.70 in 2028 and $2.20 in 2038.

The Gateway project, which involves building a new train tunnel connecting the two states under the Hudson River, is projected to cost around $30 billion. A plan put forth by the Obama administration would have seen New York and New Jersey ponying up $15 billion of the project’s cost, with the federal government picking up the other half of the tab. However, once Donald Trump took office, the fate of the project became uncertain.

“New York State is stepping up to fund its share of the financial commitment as we rebuild our infrastructure all across the state,” said Governor Cuomo in a press release. “Now the federal government must fulfill its commitment to fund the other half and make this urgent, long-overdue project a reality.”

When contacted by Crain’s, a senior official from the Trump administration responded to the letters by calling the plan “entirely unserious.”

sauce: https:// ny.curbed.com/2017/12/15/16778616/gateway-tunnel-project-new-york-new-jersey-funding