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President Biden visited New York City on Tuesday to announce $292 million in funding for part of the Gateway Tunnel project that will build a new train tunnel under the Hudson River to New Jersey.
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"We finally have the money and we’re gonna get it done. I promise you: We’re going to get it done," Biden said during a press conference at the base of one of the project’s tunnels, underneath Manhattan’s Hudson Yards.
Before boarding a flight to New York, the 80-year-old walked over to NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker when she asked: 'What's behind your decision to end the COVID emergency?'
The $292 million federal grant comes from the Mega grant program for large, complex infrastructure projects, which had a "wildly competitive" first year, said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
On Jan. 31, President Joe Biden announced a $292 million Mega Grant to fund a critical early phase of the Hudson Tunnel Project.