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  1 billion and 20 years later itll be done.
context: Remember when Christi cancelled the new tunnel in 2010.  It would have been done by now. >
  
  chris christie is an unmitigated piece of shit, and the best fate he got was getting out christie'd by trump and then spent 10 days in a coma because he is an asshole. >
  
  Don't forget he deliberately blocked traffic when a mayor wouldn't support him. As a result, someone died when an ambulance couldn't get through. >
  
  Ah, good old Bridgegate, one of the strangest scandals ever.  I think somebody went to jail over it, but all of the players still have careers/jobs. >
  
  $300 Million? Is that anywhere near enough? >
  
  Drop in the bucket.  
  Total cost is expected to be about $16.1 Billion >
  
  300 million definitely seemed light to me, but 16.1 billion is a LOT. I didn't think it would be that much.  
  That said, idk how far away these things are, really. >
  
  Engineering and construction estimates for infrastructure projects I'm familiar with (culverts, docks, stream restorations, and dam removals mostly) have quadrupled in my area over the last few years.  
  Everything is wildly more expensive than you would imagine now.  Partially exacerbated by costs going up during the pandemic due to labor shortages and material cost increases - but those prices have stuck around even when parts of the supply chain recovered.  
  Additionally there is just so much needed work that the kinds of companies that are capable of completing these massive jobs have more work than they can possibly get to, and can basically charge whatever they want. >
  
  Yeah, construction costs in NYC are some 5-10x higher than other similar metro areas. >
  
  Another infrastructure promise kept by Joe Biden. Cadet Bone Spurs Trump didn't do squat. >
  
  I just jumped on to say "oh my gosh! Infrastructure and jobs?!" >
  
  Good these things are all needed, the tunnel is aging rapidly. >
  
  Oh fuck yeah, more of this >
  
  A few years ago everyone was pissed at Chris Christie for not paying for new tunnels. Guess his bluff worked if the feds are going to take over. >
  
  This is like 2% of the project cost. >
  
  And it would have been like 4x cheaper if it were done sooner. Not even counting inflation >
  
  Maybe.  It’s always hard to judge the quality of cost estimates for big projects like this.  But yeah, a good chance it would have been cheaper.  Especially account for inflation and prevailing interest rates. >
  
  It would have absolutely been cheaper, and the feds were already paying for most of it when Christie cancelled it. NY and NJ will still end up on the hook for some of the cost. Christie being a dick only harmed us. >
  
  Since it isn't anywhere in the article:
  This is yet another tunnel in the weehawken/midtown area. Still no relief for the Bergen County commuters who make up a massive portion of daily riders. Hopefully helps with congestion at the Lincoln though >
  
  Infrastructure?!?! And jobs!?!? >
  
  Still makes no sense.  There is no direct (one seat) ride into NYC from the west side of the Hudson River (in NY) and I don’t see this changing that. >
  
  What does this mean?  I take the train to and from Jersey all the time from NYC and I sit in one seat >
  
  South orange area?
  Man, i live walking distance from the GWB, it takes me 90min+ on average to get to work in the city. Meanwhile I've got friends 20 miles south and west whose entire commute is 45 minutes or less. What the actual f--- >
  
  Rockland County. >
  
  Oh yeah Rockland has no door-to-door public transit to speak of. But that's a NY state issue all over. West of the Hudson one county over in NJ has some of the best (which is a sad statement) public transportation in the country.   
  Rockland does have those park and rides though, and lots of train and Rockland Coach service. >
  
  Come on Joe you can do better only 290mil >
  
  A GOP president would give 0 dollars then steal the 290m for his rich friends >
  
  Probably going to go on the migrant crisis instead. Really bad here in New York honestly.