(Source: Associated Press, October 18, 2018)
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is hoping video images of the decaying, century-old rail tunnel under the Hudson River will help resolve a funding impasse with President Donald Trump’s administration that has delayed construction of a new, $13 billion tunnel considered crucial to the region’s economic future. The tunnel is more than 100 years old and suffered saltwater damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012 that is eating away at sidewalls that house copper cables and electrical wires. Amtrak, which owns the tunnels, has estimated one or both of the tunnel tubes could fail in the next 10 to 15 years.
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