TRENTON — Legal fees in New Jersey's fight over a scrapped Hudson River rail tunnel have passed $1 million and are growing. NJ Transit hired a Washington-based law after the Federal Transit Administration demanded the return of $271 million that the state received toward the project. Gov. Chris Christie scrapped the tunnel in October because he feared the cost...
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U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (seen at podium) is joined by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, members of the House of Representatives, state legislature and local trade union members at an ARC Tunnel press conference in September. The project was canceled by Gov. Chris Christie a little more than a month later.TRENTON — Legal fees in New Jersey's fight over a scrapped Hudson River rail tunnel have passed $1 million and are growing.
NJ Transit hired a Washington-based law after the Federal Transit Administration demanded the return of $271 million that the state received toward the project.
Gov. Chris Christie scrapped the tunnel in October because he feared the cost would far exceed estimates.
NJ Transit spokesman Paul Wyckoff said the agency is watching out for taxpayers by fighting the payment.
Wyckoff says lawyers for both sides remain in discussions.
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