(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 1.)
NEWARK, N.J. — The federal government will fund an initial $16 million in preliminary engineering costs for a $7.5 billion tunnel that would connect New York and New Jersey under the Hudson River, New Jersey’s two U.S. senators announced Wednesday.
The two-track tunnel would double commuter rail capacity between the two states. The public will have a chance to comment on the project at a series of public hearings.