Biden’s Deputy DOT Pick Promises to Prioritize NJ-NY Rail Tunnel
- Trottenberg Dubs Gateway ‘project of national significance’
- Trottenberg is a former New York City Transport Commissioner
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
President Joe Biden’s pick to be the second in command at the U.S. Department of Transportation pledged Wednesday to help the Biden administration prioritize the proposed Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey if she is confirmed by the Senate.
“Gateway is going to be a priority,” Polly Trottenberg, who served recently as commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, said during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. “It is truly a project of national significance, and as you say, one that really would have just a massive rippling impact if we were to see those over-100-year-old tunnels under the Hudson River for some reason need to be shut down.”