The top of the federal Division of Transportation stated on Thursday that the Trump administration would take management of the $7 billion renovation of Pennsylvania Station away from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The transfer seemed to be the newest salvo in a working confrontation between the Trump administration and New York’s transportation company, which started when the federal transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, ordered the state to finish its congestion pricing program.
The station, one of many busiest and in addition most maligned transit hubs on this planet, has for many years been on the verge of an enormous overhaul to treatment its cramped and dreary corridors. However the competing priorities of native, state and federal stakeholders have made progress tough.
It was not instantly clear what the administration’s imaginative and prescient for Penn Station may seem like, however federal officers acknowledged a choice for Amtrak, the station’s proprietor, to companion with non-public buyers on the renovation. Nor was it recognized whether or not the Trump administration helps one of many varied proposals for renovating or increasing the station.
However Mr. Duffy didn’t miss a possibility to disparage the M.T.A., charging that its management has mismanaged the venture.
“President Trump has made it clear: the times of reckless spending and clean checks are over,” Mr. Duffy stated in a information launch. “New York Metropolis deserves a Penn Station that displays America’s greatness and is secure and clear. The MTA’s historical past of inefficiency, waste and mismanagement additionally meant {that a} new method is required.”
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