New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Oct. 7 killed the $8.7-billion Trans-Hudson River passenger rail tunnel project that was expected to double commuter train capacity between New Jersey and Manhattan.

Christie said he feared cost overruns on the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project could cost the state between $2 billion and $5 billion, despite commitments of $3 billion each from the Federal Transit Administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

“I will not allow taxpayers to fund projects that run over budget with no clear way of how these costs will be paid for,” Christie said. “The ARC project costs far more than New Jersey taxpayers can afford and the only prudent move is to end this project.”

克里斯蒂（Christie）于9月10日停止建设该项目为期30天，他说，该研究证实，预计费用将超过目前的预算，可能会超过近60亿美元。新利18备用官网登录新利18备用该州将在新泽西州运输公司，港口管理局和FTA同意的87亿美元预算中的任何费用都陷入困境。新利18备用官网登录

According to a report filed to the governor by his ARC Project Executive Committee, about $478 million in cash had been spent on the project as of Sept. 30.

今年8月,自由贸易协定和新泽西运输提交pdated project cost ranges in order to finalize a federal Full Funding Grant Agreement that needed to be reached before the project officially qualified for the $3 billion federal share. NJ Transit estimated the project would cost between $8.7 billion and $10 billion while the FTA submitted a range of $10.9 billion to $13.7 billion. Neither range included costs for the construction of a new $775 million railroad bridge which, according to the governor’s office, was necessary for the operation of the railroad after the tunnel was finished. After the 30-day review, the final agreed-upon range was between $11 billion and $14 billion, including the cost of the railroad bridge.

“The current economic climate in New Jersey simply does not allow for this project to continue considering the substantial additional costs that are required,” said Jim Weinstein, executive director of New Jersey Transit. “The ARC project is just not a financially viable project that we can responsibly move forward.”

去年，新泽西州布兰克堡的费雷拉（Ferreira）建设开始了建设，在新泽西州北卑尔根的Tonnelle Avenue开始了1360万美元的地下通道工作，地下通道与隧道在帕利萨德斯山（Palisades Mountain）下的下降开始。一月份，一项耗资25870万美元的隧道帕利塞德式隧道合同授予了Schiavone Construction，N.J。Secaucus，Shea Construction，Walnut Calif。和Skanska美国公民的合资企业。

An additional $583-million contract for the Manhattan segment of the tunnel was awarded to a joint venture of Barnard of New Jersey, part of Barnard Construction of Bozeman, Mont., and College Point, N.Y.-based Judlau Contracting.

A tri-venture called the CM Consortium, consisting of Tishman Construction Corp., Parsons Transportation Group and ARUP � all based in New York � was handling construction management for the entire project, which was long-touted as a boon for the New York region’s struggling construction industry as it promised nearly 6,000 jobs.

“我们至少可以说很失望,但在other hand, we understand fiscal responsibility,” said Jack Kosis, chief executive officer for the Associated General Conractors of New Jersey. “If it’s true that the tunnel is anticipated to be $11 billion to $14 billion and we only have $8.7 billion to play with, then we simply don’t have the money.”

Kosis said the AGC is unsure where the overruns would occur and that he is trying to obtain the data Christie used to make his determination.

“We want to work with the governor to find ways to fund our construction, here, but until we know what was in that data we don’t really know where they think the project was going to exceed the budget.”