Resolution for N.J. extension of 7 Line clears Assembly committee but lacks steam
By Andrew George November 25, 2013 at 2:20 PM
While a resolution in support of extending New York City’s 7 Line Subway to New Jersey was moved forward by an Assembly panel today, don’t expect it to go anywhere anytime soon.
Though the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee voted to release the resolution for further consideration, legislators said there were still too many concerns surrounding it.
Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Clifton) is the resolution’s primary sponsor.
According to the resolution, studies indicate that travel demand between Manhattan and New Jersey will increase by roughly 38 percent by 2030. The 7 Line, which is currently undergoing an extension on Manhattan’s West Side, would connect New Jersey riders to the major hubs of Grand Central Station, Times Square and eventually the area near Penn Station when construction is completed.
In New Jersey, the proposed extension would include stops in Hoboken and Secaucus and roughly account for an additional 128,000 riders per day, according to an April 2013 study conducted by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which was included in the resolution.
Committee chair and Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville) said that the extension is worth further consideration if only to continue looking for an alternative to the $8.7 billion Access to the Region’s Core project, a trans-Hudson rail tunnel that Gov. Chris Christie nixed in 2010.
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