WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday appealed a ruling requiring the federal government to making payments on the $16 billion New York Hudson Tunnel after an appeals court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt paying for the project.
The Hudson Tunnel Project aims to build a new commuter rail tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey and repair a century-old tunnel used by more than 200,000 travelers and 425 trains daily. The U.S. Transportation Department on Oct. 1 abruptly stopped releasing grant funds for the project in the wake of a partial government shutdown President Donald Trump blamed on congressional Democrats. A U.S. judge ordered the payments to resume in February.
(Reporting by David Shepardson)
