Access to the Region's Core
![NJT ARC Project Definition Report EPE update Rev.3 2008 08](/Images/godic/202412/21/page1-220px-NJT_ARC_Project_Definition_Report_EPE_update_Rev.3_2008_08.pdf3044.jpg")
![2009 Federal Transit Administration projections for the cost of the ARC tunnel. Later increases in projected costs, which would have to be assumed by the State of New Jersey, led Governor Chris Christie to cancel the project.
New Starts — $3.0B (34.48%) Port Authority — $3.0B (34.47%) CMAQ & FHWA — $1.32B (15.18%) NJ Turnpike — $1.25B (14.37%) ARRA — $0.13B (1.50%)](/Images/godic/202412/21/Circle_frame.svg3044.png")
![Factory & grounds at site of western portal of tunnel in North Bergen, now owned by NJT](/Images/godic/202412/21/NJT_owned_factory-grounds_at_western_portal_of_ARC-Gateway_tunnel-Tonnelle_Ave-North_Bergen3044.jpg")
![In 2015, 7 <7> service was extended from Times Square to 34th Street, on a route partially parallel to the Hudson River](/Images/godic/202412/21/7_subway_extension_and_hudson_yards.svg3045.png")
Access to the Region's Core (ARC) was a commuter rail project to increase passenger service capacity on New Jersey Transit (NJT) between Secaucus Junction in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City. New infrastructure would have included new trackage, a new rail yard, and a tunnel under the Hudson River. A new station adjacent to New York Penn Station was to be constructed as running more trains into the current station was deemed unfeasible. An estimated budget for the project was $8.7 billion. Construction began in mid-2009 and the project was slated for completion in 2018, but it was cancelled in October 2010 by Governor Chris Christie, citing the possibility of cost overruns and the state's lack of funds. $600 million had been spent on the project.