.SenSchumer secured a significant victory this week after USDOT agreed to award $6.88 billion to construct a second rail tunnel under the Hudson River — a project championed by Schumer and other Democrats. The transit grant is the largest on record.
The grant for New York City is the largest U.S. transit grant on record. Schumer said he would announce the grant in the city on Thursday, according to the New York Times. The Transportation Department will notify the Gateway Development Commission, the tunnel project's sponsor, this week, a White House aide confirmed.The two-rail tunnel is part of Gateway, a major infrastructure pet project of Schumer and the Biden administration for many years. It is expected to result in 72,000 jobs.
Schumer has personally been pushing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to release the tunnel from the "hostage" situation it has been held in since the Trump administration. Former President Donald Trump refused to fund the tunnel project, which was conceived in 2015, without also securing funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico.
With the grant, the developers can begin constructing a tunnel that will run parallel to the old single tracks, a feat that is expected to cost $16 billion when the project is completed in 2035. Amtrak, which owns the current tunnels, will shut down the old tracks for repairs once the new tunnel is in use.
In January, the Biden administration awarded the tunnel project a $295 million grant, with the funds drawn from the $1.2 billion allocated under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021.
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