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Lautenberg, Menendez Propose Tunnel to NYC

TRENTON, NJ-The new proposal would cost $10 billion, and may qualify for federal funding as a high-speed rail link.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on February 08, 2011

TRENTON-Confirming earlier published reports, Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez and Amtrak have announced a proposal for a similar link between Secaucus and New York City that would increase NJ Transit rail capacity by 65%.

Amtrak is prepared to spend $50 million to begin preliminary engineering and design on the project, called Gateway, which would add 13 NJ Transit trains per peak hour and eight Amtrak trains per peak hour into New York City. The announcement comes just months after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie killed a plan to build an additional New Jersey Transit rail tunnel under the Hudson River. The earlier plan, called the ARC tunnel, did not include Amtrak.

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