Politicians’ positions on Scranton-NYC train vary widely Corbett cites other needs, Wolf ‘will review’ - Times Leader - timesleader.com: "Cartwright said the rail line is an important piece in rebuilding of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s manufacturing economy in that the corporate business people who decide where to build factories prefer to scout out new areas by train.
Also, the widening of the Panama Canal will play a role in funneling more truck traffic onto Interstate 80.
A project is underway to widen and deepen the canal to increase container ship traffic. The Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the East Coast and the third-largest container port in the nation, already had invested $2.3 billion for a project to deepen its harbor to 50 feet by dredging sediment from the channel bottom.
It also is raising the Bayonne Bridge, which connects New York and New Jersey, 64 feet at a cost of $1 billion, to accommodate the larger vessels.
Cartwright said the increased truck traffic will extend car rides.
“Passenger rail is what we need to relieve that congestion,” he said."
Also, the widening of the Panama Canal will play a role in funneling more truck traffic onto Interstate 80.
A project is underway to widen and deepen the canal to increase container ship traffic. The Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the East Coast and the third-largest container port in the nation, already had invested $2.3 billion for a project to deepen its harbor to 50 feet by dredging sediment from the channel bottom.
It also is raising the Bayonne Bridge, which connects New York and New Jersey, 64 feet at a cost of $1 billion, to accommodate the larger vessels.
Cartwright said the increased truck traffic will extend car rides.
“Passenger rail is what we need to relieve that congestion,” he said."
