What New Jersey Commuters Get Out of the Congressional Spending Bill
The $1.2Â trillion spending bill that Congress is expected to approve this week includes some good news for Tri-State area infrastructure projects.
The Gateway project -- a proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson that President Trump aimed to cut -- will get $98 million. NJ Transit is getting $68 million for positive train control, an automatic breaking system that would have prevented the Hoboken derailment last fall. And Amtrak is getting an extra $75 million earmarked for the northeast corridor.
WNYC's Nancy Solomon spoke with Richard Hake about what this federal budget means for the Garden State in particular, and what effect it'll have on the delays commuters have been experiencing lately.
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