So the old ARC tunnel didn't get built but Gateway Tunnel in the exact same spot will be

And look at all the politicians lining up to accept credit. Of course the most surprising is Governor Lumpy Rutherford Christie. "Mommy said said I was against it before I was for it but it still got built I'm the smart one here". Yeah, uh, except Lumpy weren't these very issues of cutting New Jersey's financial skin in the game concerns when the Secretary of Transportation, Republican Ray LaHood met with you and promised to help cover any overruns (ok probable overruns, we know how things work in New Jersey lets not be rubes here)? So you blustered and began a piquish (is that a word? It is now) attempt to then refuse to pay money this state legally had to pay back if someone, um, like a governor cancelled the plan as a grandstanding move.

So, now the Amtrak and NJ Transit commuter tunnel will be built and end under Macy's at 34th St. The two US Senators who were behind this plan all the way and went to the mat for it, Senators Menendez and Lautenberg deserve some credit for taking a stand on a position, not changing it and seeing that vision through. We have issues with both of them on other matters but in this case they were right and stuck to their beliefs unlike Lumpy Christie.