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Originally Posted by electricron
And some still wonder why Christie quickly killed NJT's proposed ARC tunnel under the Hudson? Potential cost overruns was the answer. $4 Billion cost overrun MTA is experiencing wasted on this project could have been spent building 40 miles of HSR at $100 million/mile.
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Christie and his administration wanted at the 2B NJ contribution for other uses...mainly to prop up the nearly depleted road transportation fund (without raising the gas tax) and to create a slush fund for pork.
The MTA has pretty epically mismanaged the ESA and WTC but large parts of that are due to root causes other than construction like political infighting between NY-NJ, questionable appointments to the MTA board, and inter-agency squabbles.