Opinion – How to improve and expand the Northeast rail corridor: Stop doing infrastructure upside down

By John Brown Miller, Washington Examiner; April 8, 2018

The federal role in financing state infrastructure remains upside down. Instead of using life cycle competition to confirm value for money, Congress remains focused on earmarking state projects in federal appropriations bills.

The latest example is the $30 billion Gateway Project between Newark Penn Station in New Jersey and Penn Station New York. Competing elected officials talk past – rather than to – each other. The 10 million yearly passengers who pass through Penn Station deserve better.

Click here to read the full story.

 

Please share with others