Chris Christie in Trump campaign vs. Trump administration

On Technology: $30B for NYC-NJ Gateway rail tunnel

President Trump is pushing congressional Republicans not to fund a crucial infrastructure project--a long-delayed plan to build a new rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. The $30 billion Gateway project would construct a tunnel into New York's Penn Station to supplement two aging tubes that are at risk of failing.

But the Gateway project has had powerful Republican backers, including former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.

Trump has been lured to support the project by New York and New Jersey politicians, including Christie (R-NJ), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Christie led a delegation to the Oval Office this year with Schumer. They engaged in chitchat with the president about New York infrastructure, with the president even asking somewhat technical questions about building tunnels. After their last Oval Office meeting, officials left saying that Trump was on board with the project.

Source: Washington Post, "NY-NJ Tunnel" on 2018 Trump Administration Mar 2, 2018

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