Christie Killing Tunnel Slows Commute, Costs Jobs, GAO Says
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New Jersey commuters will continue to suffer workday delays, miss job opportunities and forgo $4 billion in personal income thanks to Governor Chris Christie’s decision to kill a rail tunnel to New York, independent congressional investigators said.
Christie, a first-term Republican, inflated cost estimates when he stopped construction of the Access to the Region’s Core project, known as ARC, in October 2010, saying his state couldn’t afford it, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.