Necessary tunneling capacity under the hudson and tunnels currently serving extraordinary number of passengers on amtrak side and very diplomatic, mr. Chairman. Much painful history. Those tunnels are over 100 years old. Your first, do i agree, that it is an essential investment . We absolutely must do something about those. I believe were approaching 110yearold tunnels. They not only constrain capacity but at certain point they will become a real safety risk. And you know, think about the upheaval that will result if we were to lose that capacity all of a sudden. Could it be a candidate for the new starts program . Yes it could. What we would need is a local project sponsor to come forward to do all the Development Work and most importantly, come up with the necessary local match. And your final question, i need special legislation to help make that happen . Well take a turn on that but i dont think so. I think, i mean obviously the entire Program Expires at the end of the year but i
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