"This makes absolutely no sense, yet here we are," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday at a Lower Manhattan meeting of the Gateway Development Commission. "There is only one person who terminated Gateway and there is only one person who can get it back on track and that is President Trump, make no mistake about it."
"I want to be very direct about what we're facing here: this transportation crisis is a five-alarm fire, nothing short of that," said New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer. "In 10 days, on February 6, the money runs out and shovels go down on the Gateway Project, the most consequential infrastructure project right now in the United States of America."
"short-term solution."
The $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey faces a funding cutoff by Feb. 6 unless federal grants paused during the October government shutdown are restored. Construction has continued at five sites using a temporary line of credit that is expiring, risking a halt in work. Federal transportation officials paused funding pending a review of contracts for compliance with administration rules on women- and minority-owned businesses. The White House budget director characterized project spending as supporting "unconstitutional" diversity efforts. Seventy percent of the project is funded by federal grants, underscoring dependence on federal approval.
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