WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s months-long freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion New York Hudson Tunnel Project has cost the project millions of dollars and prompted it to only partially resume, the project manager said Monday. Last week, the administration completed a release of $235.7 million after withholding funding since […]
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Trump New York tunnel funding freeze cost project millions of dollars, manager says
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WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s months-long freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion New York Hudson Tunnel Project has cost the project millions of dollars and prompted it to only partially resume, the project manager said Monday.
Last week, the administration completed a release of $235.7 million after withholding funding since Oct. 1. The project is due another $19 million but given questions about whether the U.S. Transportation Department will make additional payments means only limited construction is resuming this week, said the Gateway Development Corporation in a court filing.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin Paul)