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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Senators React to "Gateway Tunnel"


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Senators Doherty, Tom Kean React to "Gateway Tunnel"

State Senators Michael Doherty (R- Warren, Hunterdon) and Tom Kean, Jr. (R- Union) issued statements on the announcement that the defunct ARC Tunnel will be replaced by a “Gateway Tunnel” undertaken by Amtrak:

Senator Kean: “Thanks to Governor Christie, New Jersey will get increased trans-Hudson rail capacity without fleecing the taxpayers. New Jersey residents finally have a Governor who is willing to insist that taxpayer dollars are spent competently. This is a wholesale vindication of the Governor’s decision to end the ARC project a victory for the most highly taxed population in the United States.”

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Senator Doherty: “Lo and behold, good things happen when you stand up for the taxpayers. The ARC Tunnel project, was a massively bad deal for New Jersey taxpayers being pushed by spendthrift Democratic politicians for all the wrong reasons: personal legacies, political agendas, and election year posturing. Nothing more perfectly exemplifies the folly of ARC than Senator Menendez’s mind-boggling assertion that a dead-end route to Macy’s basement made sense...... Read More

Meanwhile, U.S. Senators Menendez and Lautenberg are both clammering to take credit for the new project when in fact they placed NJ Taxpayers in jeopardy by failing to secure adeqate funding for the original "ARC Tunnel" project. Their utter failure left Taxpayers on the hook for billions in unfunded cost overruns. It was Governor Chris Christie that recognized the bad deal NJ was dealt and put a stop to it. The new  “Gateway Tunnel” is not expected to break the already fractured State Budget. Stay tuned........
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