Amtrak is taking over the reconstruction of Penn Station from the MTA, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday.

Duffy said Amtrak, backed by the USDOT, will now spearhead the initiative, withdrawing the MTA from its role leading the project to “protect American taxpayers.”

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Amtrak, backed by the USDOT, will now spearhead the reconstruction of Penn Station, withdrawing the MTA from its role leading the project to “protect American taxpayers”

The federal grant provided to Amtrak to develop the project will also be rescoped and cut, the USDOT said, which “will save taxpayers approximately $120 million”

Amtrak owns Penn Station and serves over 10 million riders annually, according to USDOT. For that reason, the agency said, “there is

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