NJ must pay $271M for killing tunnel

[SecularMotion]

Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey owes the federal government more than $271 million after canceling a rail tunnel connecting the state with New York, according to a debt notice obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

The letter from the Federal Transit Administration's chief financial officer to NJ Transit's executive director demands payment of $271,101,291 by Dec. 24.

It's money the government wants New Jersey to repay for work done on the Hudson River tunnel before Republican Gov. Chris Christie terminated the project. The notification follows a warning letter earlier this month estimating the charges.

"FTA demands payment in full within 30 days from the date of this letter, hereinafter referred to as the 'delinquency date,'" the letter states. The letter was dated Nov. 24.

Read more: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20101129/NEWS12/101129018/NJ-must-pay--271M-for-killing-tunnel

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[rfranklin]

8. That makes $671 million down the tubes because of Christie...

Remember his vaunted Education Commissioner lost $400 million.

[FreakinDJ]

20. Infastructure GROWs the Economy - Creates Jobs

Yes the Guberment CAN create jobs

I blame this insanity on the RATpubliCON talking heads repeating the lie "The Government Can not create jobs".

[Blue Owl]

2. Let us thank the GOP for the tunnel to nowhere

n/t

[bluedigger]

3. I worked on this project.

Part of the "environmental studies" included relocating a potter's field (cemetery) to make room for parking at a new exit on I-95 in 2003. It had been abandoned and was buried in trash and fill, as well as having a juvenile correction center built on top of it. So some good came of it, I guess.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. Sounds like my cell phone plan

They should have gone with the month-to-month plan for tunnels

[indimuse]

5. haaaaaaaaaaa...OMG!

knr!

[onehandle]

6. I hope the NJ Democrats have someone lined up to knock off that ass at the end of his term. nt

[Frisbee]

10. Hell, by then...

Faux News and the repuke talking heads will have convinced the faithful that it as all the Democrats fault. And they'll buy it, hook, line and sinker.

[stopbush]

12. End of his term? why not a recall - now?

[surrealAmerican]

25. Many states don't allow for that.

I don't know if that's possible in New Jersey. It depends on the state constitution.

[karynnj]

21. I would think that Codey, who would easily have won had the governorship

in the first place had the party not gone with Corzine who was willing to dump a huge amount of his money to win, is still respected enough. Others have mentioned Cory Booker, a very interesting, charismatic young mayor of Newark.

[Ian David]

7. Just hire those guys digging secret tunnels to smuggle drugs from Mexico. n/t

[emsimon33]

18. Oops, you forgot...they are "illegals." Can't have that!

[madrchsod]

9. the feds want the money "back" from wisconsin and ohio .

illinois is "asking" for wisconsin`s money.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Christie will take his time returning the money.

[Thav]

13. So, how much of a tax cut on the rich

does it take to pay for that?

[CLANG]

14. I'm unable to respond tonight with anything other than

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[Kolesar]

15. That tunnel had big problems and the projected cost was climbing fast

Governor Crisco was in a tough situation on this one. This was not just a "smarmy Kashith moment"

[Lasher]

17. Musta hired the same folks who did the big dig fiasco in Boston

Sooner or later you'd think they'd make radical changes in the way they go about building these tunnels.

[ooglymoogly]

19. Roit, roit, roit....vital progress can be expensive

If gov "Crisco" had been in position of power when our vast Highway systems were built we would still be plodding around on unpaved back roads. Of course it will cost more than estimated, unless Donald Trump takes the contract, which isn't such a bad Idea.

Progress, commerce and the shopping public require ease of transport; which pays back the system in spades; as was proven in the 50's and 60's. If the conservative naysayers had their way; there would be no Panama Canal(Carter giving away same, not withstanding), no Golden Gate Bridge; Hoover damn and the fab bridge in front of it; add infinitum; no Chunnel (engineering wise one of the seven wonders of the world), only turning a profit after 15yrs of struggle.

Far sighted progressives have made this world a far, far better place.

Damn the torpedoes and get great and fabulous projects done. We are a far better world for it.

Gov. "Crisco" is a "conservative" shortsighted fool; let the record show.

[karynnj]

22. The problem is that when he said he wanted to cancel,

Lahood worked with him and offered to reduce the amount that NJ could be responsible in the overruns. He could have stopped there and been a hero. The tunnel would have continued with less cost risk for NJ.

[Kolesar]

23. Good answer...eom

[TommyO]

16. I'm not surprised that the idiots at NJ 101.5 are backing the governor

and attacking President Obama on the very correct attempt to recoup the money put out for the tunnel.

[Javaman]

24. Meh, more of that "sensational" repuke recovery plan at work.

what a half wit.