Backshophoss wrote:Right now,Amtrak takes 1 North(Hudson)river tube OOS on weekends for patchwork/repairs/concrete replacement/Sandy damage control.
Believe both Mr Boardman and Moorman stated that both tubes need a complete replacement of the interior structures due to the Sandy damage.
Yet the current "critter" in the White House that maintains a Manhattan home address would rather fight the NY state based and NJ state based
Congress critters for an unwanted wall. Go figure.
But the wall is not unwanted; many, many folks want it!
NY and NJ have to realize that all infrastructure projects must meet budgets and be affordable.
Let’s put some prospected on it. The projected costs for this tunnel alone is more expensive than 500 miles of HSR in France.
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But debt accumulated to build the lines has reached €29 billion for RFF and €9 billion for SNCF; new lines, at a cost of €16-27 million per kilometer, will increase those sums substantially. That’s 38 Billion euros ($47 Billion) for 1588 kilometers of HSR corridors (987 miles) by the end of 2011. So 500 miles would be around $23,9 Billion, less than the latest projected costs for the Gateway project, which has soared to over $29 Billion.
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While Americans may deem new tunnels under the Husdson River may be more important than a border wall, Americans also appreciate and expect value for money. What would you rather have, more than 500 miles of new HSR corridors or two new tunnels under the Hudson River to reach an already overcrowded Penn Station?