HOBOKEN — A project touted by Pennsylvania to bring rail passengers to Hoboken and the New York City was denied federal stimulus funding two weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s dead.
The Times-Tribunte says:
The long-suffering project was denied another shot at government money two weeks ago, when the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Pennsylvania’s application for $401 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, under a high-speed intercity passenger rail program, had failed.
Members of the area’s congressional delegation say they will pursue other avenues – possibly through a second round of appropriations in the spring, when the Federal Railroad Administration expects to solicit applications for $2.5 billion in high-speed rail money.
A NJ Transit spokeswoman told the newspaper that “The ball is in Pennsylvania’s court” to keep pushing for funding.