Trump DOJ Appeals Ruling Releasing $200 Million for Gateway Tunnel as $16 Billion Fight Drags On
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Updated · POLITICO · Aug 31
Trump DOJ Appeals Ruling Releasing $200 Million for Gateway Tunnel as $16 Billion Fight Drags On
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Aug 31
Summary
Friday’s appeal asks the Second Circuit to revive the Trump administration’s freeze on more than $200 million in federal funding for the Gateway rail tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey.
Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled in June that the funding pause was “contrary to law” and ordered it set aside, prompting the Justice Department’s latest bid to keep the money blocked.
The dispute has stretched for nearly a year over the $16 billion project, after the FTA said the freeze stemmed from a nondiscrimination review.
Trump later suggested the funding hold was aimed at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, underscoring the political stakes around one of the Northeast’s biggest rail projects.