Surging Costs Threaten New York Transit Projects
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Among the projects in a $21 billion program are renovations to subway and commuter train stations
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Bureaucratic delay and red tape can endlessly snarl a building project, even one encouraged by the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
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Leaks in the Big Dig highway tunnel system under downtown Boston are more widespread than officials have acknowledged, and a new state report suggests tens of millions of dollars
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New York City's traffic congestion pricing plan cleared a key hurdle on Thursday, when the state government authorized it to begin installing the "needed equipment," though lawmakers denied the city the ability to impose fees without state approval.
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The Legislature&#39;s bet on a billion bucks from a contested insurance case could plunge New York State deeper in debt, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned.
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New York City, where tolls are $6 and putting your car in a parking garage for just an hour can run you $20, is already an expensive place to drive. Now the mayor wants to make it so costly some people won't even bother driving and will take mass transit instead.
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Soaring costs have apparently doomed an ambitious project to build what might have been the nationâs first offshore windmills.
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New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday proposed skipping two subway and bus fare hikes planned for 2007 and 2009 because the strong real estate market pumped up its revenues, according to a new budget plan proposed by its staff.
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Dubai Ports World warned Thursday that its deal to sell off major port operations in six U.S. cities may fall apart if the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey doesn't drop demands for a multimillion-dollar payment.
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A plan is being developed to alleviate the growing pressure from pedestrian and vehicle traffic in Times Square.
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Over budget and behind schedule, rail to Dulles International Airport is in trouble.
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Tube maintenance company Metronet faces the threat of administration unless a rescue plan can be found.
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he contract dispute between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the police and firefighters grew nastier yesterday as union members held a noisy 1 am protest outside his Upper East Side town house and the police union threatened to set up ...
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By Ed Mendel, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 20--SACRAMENTO -- A surge of new highway money from a $19.9 billion  transportation bond has renewed political infighting over whether Caltrans  should use government or private engineers, bringing warnings of possible  project delays.
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Pressure grew Thursday for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other public agencies in the two states to help prevent a disruption of
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Gov. George E. Pataki's proposed $105.5 billion budget would leave projects like the Second Avenue subway and L.I.R.R. access to Grand Central Terminal in doubt.
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Huge cost overruns. Tunnel leaks. Multimillion-dollar lawsuits. Big trouble for the companies managing Boston's Big Dig? Not really.