ARC Project Pulled!
In a crushing blow to public transit advocates and New Jersey commuters alike, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered the termination of the ARC Tunnel Project. The ARC project – standing for Access to the Region’s Core – was a proposed new tunnel from New Jersey into midtown Manhattan, terminating at Penn Station, with an entirely new underground rail station built, connecting the many modes of transportation along 34th Street between 6th Ave and 8th Ave.
Christie felt that the project, which was to have received up to $3 Billion from the Federal government, would cost the State too much.
The ARC project would have doubled rail capacity between New Jersey and midtown, would have created 6,000 new construction-related jobs annually, and would have greatly lessened automobile traffic and congestion. More info on ARC can be found here.
ZONE readers, where do you stand? Do you think this move by Governor Christie was shortsighted?
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I support the Governor’s decision. Large government projects are clear robbery of tax payers. You want to do construction – subject it to the same limitations as private real estate development. No union fees. Shopping at HomeDepot. Architect’s fees and Engineer’s fees at the private development levels. Explanation to tax payers where every dollar will go and when it will be returned. Same rules as with any real estate development. Then we shall talk.
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