NJ Transit Withholds Braking-Project Cost, Citing ‘Trade Secret’
- Estimated at $320 million, and one contract price up tenfold
- Murphy raced to nail deadline after job had dragged for years
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New Jersey Transit is withholding the growing cost of one of its biggest-ever capital projects, an emergency rail-braking system ordered by Congress.
In 2017, the so-called positive train control system had a cost of at least $320 million, more than double what was forecast in 2011. It’s not clear how much more has been spent, as NJ Transit redacted dollar figures from contracts released last week to Bloomberg under a public records request.