New Jersey may finally get the shaft, but this time will have to pay for it.

It seems that building an additional rail tunnel to Manhattan is finally OK with our governor, but now there is no federal funds available.
After squandering an opportunity to begin replacement of the ageing tunnels six years ago and have most of it paid for by the federal government, the damaged tunnels must be repaired at the cost of untold millions.

Still no new replacement tunnel construction.  The money is gone.  The studies, property and equipment availability, engineering proposals and the transportation trust fund - gone.

Now repairs to the old crumbling rail tunnels must begin.  Now, like the Pulaski Skyway, the Goethals bridge, and all feeder routes, structures and infrastructure must be removed or restricted from service for repairs.  This comes at a time when there is no money and no reform of the process, leadership or agency in charge.

Mafia could not have done it better.  The only thing missing is a call by the governor to privatize the whole shebang because the Democrats have screwed this up so bad. 

Really?

As the NJ to Manhattan commuters stack up waiting for 1/4 of the normal train capacity, do the Wallstreeters really believe it is the government's fault?  Do they really believe blocking Port Authority reform is beneficial?

Where does an agency so powerful, so secretive and so protected have a place in a democracy?  Unreformable, unindictable and able to protect themselves from any threat.  An interstate criminal enterprise.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-06/christie-endorses-tunnel-four-years-after-killing-project