NEW YORK (WPVI) -- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Wednesday that the long-awaited rebuilding of New York City's Pennsylvania Station will start in 2027, an ambitious schedule that the administration says is on "Trump Time."

The Trump administration took over the $7 billion renovation project back in May, and is issuing $43 million in federal grants to Amtrak to get the project going.

The DOT will begin soliciting proposals from developers in October and select a master developer for the site next May. Design work and environmental review will follow, with construction beginning by the end of 2027.

It was previously announced in April that Amtrak would take over Penn Station reconstruction project from the MTA, citing the MTA's inability to deliver the project on t

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