[NYguy]

Originally Posted by ardecila

They're just realizing this now?

I believe the configuration has changed from that now, probably the result of having Amtrak instead of NJ Transit in charge of this new plan.


http://www.capitalnewyork.com/articl...ateway-project
To make up for lost ARC, Schumer backs Gateway project

By Reid Pillifant
Sep. 28, 2012

The proposed "Gateway" project, which is still in the early planning stages, would add two more tunnels to the existing two between New York and New Jersey, and, in doing so, replace the planned ARC project that was scrapped in 2010 by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who pulled the state's funding for the project, citing cost overruns.

Schumer stressed the urgency of getting some initial federal funding—$10 million in 2013 and $100 million in 2014—to facilitate the early stages of the project, which would require determining the alignment of the tracks beneath the Hudson Yards development on the West Side, before construction is slated to begin on the site.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...apacity-amtrak

Schumer calls on NY developer to plan now for Amtrak tunnels

September 28, 2012
Reuters

Amtrak's engineers say the only place to bring the new tunnels into Manhattan is under the Hudson Yards site in West Midtown, according to Schumer, a Democrat. He spoke at a breakfast sponsored by the New York Building Congress, a trade group.

A plan by developer Related Companies for the Hudson Yards site foresees construction of a residential, shopping and office complex over the site's active rail yards. Construction is to start by the end of this year.

"We will need contracts, design plans and construction dollars to flow over the next six to 12 months to make this a reality," Schumer said of the rail project. He wants the digging of the tunnels to start before the end of 2013