too bad most of them are from out of the country...
Posted on 09/15/2015 4:06:46 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Governors Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York want the federal government to pay half of a $20 billion commuter-rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
The two chief executives sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday asking for the commitment “to break the logjam” over financing of the project. The states and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey would finance the other 50 percent, they said.
“Building regional infrastructure to accommodate population growth and continued economic expansion is critical not only to our two states’ future, but also to the future economic strength of the nation,” the governors wrote.
The letter represents a gesture of cooperation between the two governors. Last month, Christie and U.S. Senator Cory Booker met with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about the issue while Cuomo remained absent, insisting that the federal government first agree to help finance the project with cash grants, not just low cost loans.
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to accommodate population growth..hell there all moving out…there all down here in Florida buying homes to retire in …
Christie wants to waste more Fed money on this boondoggle?
Pray America is waking
Not a terror target.
As B0 Stevedunhambarrysoetorobathhousebarryhusseinsoebarkah once said about rail travel...
“No pat downs!”
There was a time when the railroads built their infrastructure.
Yeah, but as fast as they move out, others move in.
Yep.
Write all those public employee unions a nice fat BLANK CHECK.
Those who start now will RETIRE and the job will not be done.
Yep, they might even want to give it a fancy name, like the “Big Dig”, estimate the cost at 10-20 million dollars and a 5 year completion date .... just to get the suckers to sign away our great grandchildren’s future!!!!!
too bad most of them are from out of the country...
That's funny right there, I don't care who ya are! What their asking is the rest of America pay half of their projects cost and you damn well know it will end up double the projected cost.
Just sayin'.
That’s perfect for the Democrat pols...
100%
Only if it features a golf course in it.
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