The Gateway Project team better batten down the hatches. The President is saying the tunnel “is terminated”. Of course, this is retribution as part of his personal vendetta against the city and anyone who did not vote for him.
This also isn’t the first time he tried this, especially since during his first term he tried to withhold funding since it “benefitted mostly local transit users” .
It is currently unknown what is going to happen as the first TBMs are almost ready to be shipped and the Portal Bridge and other preliminary projects are rapidly approaching completion. For now, as long as workers are on site and progress continues to advance, business will continue per usual.
Significant quote that confirms it’s a vindictive act:
He abruptly announced the decision during a wide-ranging news conference at the White House, boasting that his administration had taken advantage of the shutdown to kill federally funded initiatives championed by Democratic lawmakers, including the $16 billion tunnel project known as Gateway.
“It’s billions and billions of dollars that Schumer has worked 20 years to get,” the president said, referring to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, an ardent supporter of Gateway and its previous iterations. “Tell him it’s terminated.”
$20b of worthless Argentinian Pesos was a much better use of taxpayer funds.
I heard he’s upping it to $40b. He could of funded the Gateway Program almost three times with that money.
He said the same thing re. congestion pricing. Just a wanna-be autocrat spewing his insane BS. No court will allow an already advanced Congressional allocation to disappear based on this clown’s rantings.
I’m with you. The tangerine tyrant’s big attacks on New York seem to be some of the few battles he loses.
I’m not too worried, considering he vowed to kill congestion pricing since all that amounted to was hot air. Every time he attacks NY, he loses.
what about the Federalist Society dba Scotus?
Trump says Gateway project is ‘terminated,’ but DOT denies program is canceled
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration on Thursday had “terminated” funding for Gateway, a project that includes two new tunnels under the Hudson River and is considered the most urgent infrastructure project in the country. During a White House press conference, Trump said his administration had used the federal shutdown to kill federally funded projects, particularly in Democratic states, including the $16 billion tunnel program. But, as Politico reported, the Transportation Department has no current plans to end the program, and construction continues.
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and Secretary Sean Duffy reiterated earlier this month that the administration is “not trying to shut down these projects.”
Duffy is another clown, and all his actions have also amounted to hot air concerning NY stuff, mainly congestion pricing.
Also, considering the tyrant in power tends to overstep his subordinates, I’d still tread with caution regarding Gateway despite Duffy’s “reassurances”.
It is clear to anyone with half a brain that Duffy is lying to the president.
I wonder how long that will continue.
Not long.
Enjoy this awesome recent drone footage of the Portal Bridge I found.
Notable things include the removal of the temporary structures construction equipment use to access portions of the bridge. We’re definitely on the home stretch since this indicates major construction is winding down and the tracks look great - the ballast’s tamped, signals installed, and it looks almost ready to have trains run on it.
Unfortunately a fatality occurred this morning.
horrible news. So sorry for the co-workers and family. I was just walking by One Manhattan West today and my thoughts went to the construction worker who was killed on-site there a few summers ago.
oh god, i hope “he” doesn’t turn this into a reason to shut down the project
rip
I saw this beauty rolling down 9th Avenue in HK last night. I can only assume this is for Gateway, unless somebody on this forum knows otherwise.
Is that CPT with the crown lit up or am I hallucinating
The crown’s been lit for a while. They got their act together a while back and turned it on. Steinway Tower’s the disappointment.
Looks like a cable spool. Its unlikely to be a TBM part as those will be in the Palisades first.
I was thinking it might have something to do with ventilation.