CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings January 22, 2014
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 t...