Bob Hennelly
WNYC's Bob Hennelly is an award-winning investigative journalist. While at WNYC he has reported on a wide gamut of major public policy questions ranging from immigration and homeland security to power outages and utility mergers.
Community Board Approves $9 Billion Hudson Rail Tunnel
Thursday, March 05, 2009
New York, NY –
The largest "Shovel Ready" project in the nation is here in Manhattan, and it cleared a small hurdle last night. Community Board Four, which covers West Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen, gave its approval to the Port Authority's plan to build a $9 billion passenger rail tunnel under the Hudson River. The project would mean the construction of two ventilation fan towers in CB-4's territory. A neighboring community board, CB-5, is scheduled to vote on the project as well, because it would be home to other ventilation towers AND an underground train terminal slated for Herald Square.
The Port Authority says it expects to start construction on the New Jersey side this May with a completion date some time in 2017.
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