Neither NY MTA Nor NYC Eager To Pay For Trans-Hudson Power Cable

<a rel="attachment wp-att-24208" href="http://transportationnation.org/2011/07/01/neither-ny-mta-nor-nyc-eager-to-pay-for-trans-hudson-power-cable/hudson-transmission-project-1/"></a><p>Schematic for a new power cable to New York City. (Photo by Hudson Transmission Partners)</p> <p>(New York, NY – <a href="http://www.nyc.org">WNYC</a>) The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the City of New York–the two largest energy users in the Northeast–are balking at a request by the New York Power Authority for help in building <a href="http://hudsonproject.com/">an $850 million transmission cable</a> under the Hudson River. The transit agency, for one, doesn’t think the payments are worth it.