Not that any of his random collection of campaign statements mean much, but he did say he planned to spent half a trillion dollars on infrastructure over some unspecified period of time.
I believe that he proposed a whole trillion dollars, and his opponent proposed a half trillion. Neither of them (that I recall) however gave much in details such as time frames or how money would be split among whatever they consider to be under the umbrella of infrastructure.
I am trying to figure out if President-Elect Trump would want huge cuts to FTA/ New Starts--or, as many people I have recently spoken to believe, that he is a New Yorker and understands that mass transit funding--and the Gateway Program--are very important to New York City. What do you folks think?
Its my understanding that the FY2017 New Starts are already set (funding and projects), and possibly the FY2018 (at least the funding). I think the first Portal Bridge (that the states have agreed to cover a portion already) is suppose to be included under the FY2018 budget. There is some pre-construction work that is already funded under a TIGER Grant that starts soon.
The Hudson Tunnels should at least be funded through the accelerated EIS work. It sounded like the heavy funding would begin with FY2019 (not sure if they where planning to fund it under New Starts or another program).
However, a President can propose all he wants, but if Congress does not include it in their budget that they adopt, it doe not matter what the President thinks.
True. There are multiple players that will determine what may or may not happen. In my opinion, I suspect the resiliency projects under Gateway will most likely move forward and be completed. The expansion projects slightly less likely, with Penn Station South and the Secaucus Loop being the least likely to be completed (but still possible).
