Hanno
OBS Chief
I received this email from NARP. NARP wants to stop this project. Does that make sense? I'm not sure I understand what is happening here but $8.7 billion could be used in many positive ways to enhance rail transportation.
"Why the ARC project is flawed and what you can do about it...
Access to the Region's Core (ARC) is a New Jersey Transit project to add additional rail capacity near New York City's Pennsylvania Station and bore two new tunnels under the Hudson River. The official cost of project cost is $8.7 billion dollars, with the federal government expected to provide at least $3 billion.
However, as currently designed, the project will not include a connection between the new tunnels and New York City's Penn Station. This connection, which NARP regards as essential, and which Amtrak tried hard to defend, was dropped as of June, 2007. The new tunnels will connect only to a deep cavern, dead-end station 15 stories under 34th Street (two blocks north of Penn Station), to be used only by New Jersey Transit.
There also are no provisions for a connection to Grand Central Station."
"Why the ARC project is flawed and what you can do about it...
Access to the Region's Core (ARC) is a New Jersey Transit project to add additional rail capacity near New York City's Pennsylvania Station and bore two new tunnels under the Hudson River. The official cost of project cost is $8.7 billion dollars, with the federal government expected to provide at least $3 billion.
However, as currently designed, the project will not include a connection between the new tunnels and New York City's Penn Station. This connection, which NARP regards as essential, and which Amtrak tried hard to defend, was dropped as of June, 2007. The new tunnels will connect only to a deep cavern, dead-end station 15 stories under 34th Street (two blocks north of Penn Station), to be used only by New Jersey Transit.
There also are no provisions for a connection to Grand Central Station."