All of NY Penn Station was built in 1910 by a private company (the Pennsylvania Railroad) at a cost of $114 million in 1910, which is about $3 billion in 2016 dollars; including six tunnels (four under the East River and two under the Hudson River) and 21 tracks.
And now Amtrak wants to “expand” that station, plus add two more tunnels under the Hudson River, at first estimated to cost well over $11 billion but now has ballooned to an estimated $24 billion.
Question? Do we not have any architects in the US that could design this money pit? Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!