Under Construction ARC Tunnel | Moynihan Station
Access to the Region's Core (ARC) Tunnel:
Chairman Wisnewski of the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJ-ARP)
says "The ARC Project should be extended to the Grand Central Terminal area in Midtown Manhattan's East Side.
Full implementation of the ARC Project will require much more than $8.7 billion. The related Portal Bridge Capacity Enhancement Project, without doubling number of trans-Hudson train movements through the ARC tunnels cannot be achieved, adds another $1.7 billion to the total. Its budget also does not include several hundred million dollars for additional locomotives and passenger cars needed to run those trains. This brings the total that must be financed up to at least $11 billion."
The New Jersey Sierra Club says: The current configuration of the tunnel does not meet the original goals for the project. Instead of connecting to Penn Station or the new Moynihan Station, the ARC tunnel dead ends 180 feet below the ground, two blocks from Penn Station. The Sierra Club opposed the ARC tunnel in its current form because it is poorly designed and does not meet the goal of making public transportation more accessible and functional. We have consistently maintained the belief that a cohesive transportation plan must be established in order for the ARC tunnel to be effective.
Originally, the ARC project was designed to serve several purposes. First, the plan was to create another tunnel into New York. There were other important goals, including providing New Jersey commuters access to the Grand Central Station and the East Side of Manhattan, creating a backup tunnel for Amtrak that would service Penn Station or the new Moynihan Station, and enabling trains to travel from one area of the metropolitan region to another. There are presently five major proposals for the expansion of train service in and out of Midtown Manhattan. Mayor Bloomberg is working to extend the Seven Train, which will go right above this NJ Transit tunnel. The Long Island Railroad wants to provide access to the East Side. Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing for the new Moynihan Station in Midtown. Congressman Jerry Nadler wants to establish a freight rail tunnel to displace traffic from the roads. Then there's this NJ Transit tunnel proposal. Each project is expecting, and actively seeking, federal dollars."
Moynihan Station Proposal: This is an expansion of Penn Station first proposed by Senator Moynihan 15 years ago. It includes:
Create a new train hall in the Farley Post Office (Moynihan West):
Relocate Madison Square Garden:
Rebuild Penn Station (Moynihan East):
Links: Feds want to meet Christie, Cuomo to discuss new Hudson rail tunnels, report says | NJ.com 2015 www.arctunnel.com/ Executive Summary Access to the Region's Core (ARC) Tunnel - The Port Authority of NY & NJ at panynj.gov Let's Get Beyond the Politics and Fix the ARC Tunnel NJ Sierra Club NJ suspends ARC Tunnel work to review costs :: Second Ave. Sagas More on ARC: The Association of Railroad Passengers weighs in | NJ.com Moynihan Station Map Return to NE New Jersey
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