(The following article by Bonnie Friedman was posted on the Jersey Journal website on August 2.)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — NJ Transit is moving forward with its plan to build a second trans-Hudson rail tunnel stretching from Secaucus to a brand new station deep below Midtown Manhattan.
The NJ Transit board of directors approved yesterday an $82.5 million contract to begin engineering work on a tunnel that will double commuter rail capacity between New Jersey and New York.
The approval comes less than two weeks after the Federal Transit Administration notified Congress that it will formally approve preliminary engineering of the project and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey committed up to $2 billion to fund construction.