Port Authority Backs Funding for Long-Stalled Hudson Tunnel

The north tube of the North River Tunnel under the Hudson River on Thursday, August 20, 2015.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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The new railroad tunnel into New York City moved a small step closer to reality.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proposed a $32 billion capital plan for the next decade that includes $2.7 billion to build a tunnel under the Hudson River and rehabilitate the century-old one damaged by Superstorm Sandy.