They\u2019re\u00a0chugging at the \u201cspeed of Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n
The long-promised Penn Station revamp will finally begin by the end of 2027 after President Trump took over the megaproject from the state, federal Department of Transportation officials pledged Wednesday.<\/p>\n
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a speedy new timeline for transforming the much-hated transit hub after previous timelines had been vague and promised to finish in \u201cfour to five years\u201d from its start.<\/p>\n
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will announced a new timeline for the long-awaited Penn Station revamp. AP<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to move at the speed of Trump,\u201d Duffy said, as he left the door open to renaming the hub in the president\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not going to be a 20-, 30-year project. This is not about a backroom thinking about how we can spend money and develop plans that never deliver. This is actually about how do we move this more quickly and more beautifully through the process.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The timeline will be turbo-charged with a $43 million grant to Amtrak, which is now in charge of overhauling dank and depressing Penn Station, Duffy said.<\/p>\n
President Trump effectively fired the MTA from the Penn Station project in April.<\/p>\n
The Penn Station project will begin by the end of 2027. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n
Trump effectively\u00a0fired the MTA from the project<\/a>\u00a0in April, putting the feds in charge after years of\u00a0stops and starts<\/a>\u00a0by the state-run agency.<\/p>\n The move put two parallel Penn Station projects under the same umbrella \u2014 one to reconstruct the crumbling building and another to expand its rail capacity.<\/p>\n