Again, I think this is more than just “they can’t do it because environmental reasons.” All the litigation hasn’t helped, but NJT definitely seems to have deprioritized this project — and I frankly can’t blame them. Not only are there more pressing needs than this, but the fact of the matter is that development patterns and priorities have changed quite radically since this was conceived; it would be a bit of a white elephant.
kilroy wrote:And when they built the transcontinental railroad they built now many miles PER DAY? I know the track quality was poor but it was all done by hand.the transcontinental railroad was built with a good amount of immigrant labor with no care for worker safety. the eastern end was built with mostly white people some of whom weren't even paid. the people who did get paid earned $1/day, which is equivalent to $16/day in 2019. think you'd find a lot of people willing to work for less than $2/hour?
I wonder what they would think of us if they could see this debacle.
it was also built on land that was literally given away for free by the federal government. no need to fight with property owners and easy to 'make' money when you can literally take land given to you for free and then sell it.