MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said tunnel under construction he will eventually provide Additional rail connections between Manhattan and New Jersey It should be named the “Biden Tunnel” — claiming President-elect Donald Trump is “going to take credit” for it.
O’Donnell, who made the comments Tuesday during an interview with outgoing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his “Last Word” prime time show. Gateway program appreciated As “the most complex infrastructure project funded by Joe Biden”.
“It should be called the Biden Tunnel,” O’Donnell said Tuesday.
His comments were Reported by news site Mediaite.
The MSNBC Opinion host noted that funding for the Gateway program, which has a total estimated cost of $16.1 billion, Was made possible by Biden’s infrastructure bill Which was signed into law in 2021.
“This is the most complex infrastructure project funded by Joe Biden,” O’Donnell said, adding that it would “provide a third tunnel across the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, the most important interstate in the country.” is one of the links.” ,
The project will also include a new double-track tunnel between Bergen Palisades in New Jersey and Manhattan, as well as the rehabilitation of the North River Tunnel that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The federal government also allocated funds to install concrete casing at Hudson Yards that would allow the new tunnel to connect to Penn Station in Manhattan.
O’Donnell noted that “not a single additional lane has been added” to Hudson River crossings connecting New York City to New Jersey, including the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, as well as the George Washington Bridge – this despite increased vehicle traffic. In the last 50 years.
The MSNBC host compiled a list of New York politicians who had called for a new tunnel to be built, including the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan as well as several governors and mayors.
“Then along came Joe Biden,” O’Donnell said. “For the next 100 years, people will drive through that tunnel and have no idea who did it.”
O’Donnell then predicted that Trump was “going to take credit for that tunnel.”
Buttigieg agreed, saying: “Absolutely.”
“I mean, look, we’ve built a pipeline of good projects that are going to be in the works over the next few years,” Buttigieg said.
“When I call projects like the Hudson River Tunnel the cathedrals of our infrastructure, I don’t say that just because it’s a poetic word for something big.”
The post sought comment from the Trump transition team and the White House.
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