The Trump Administration last month seemed to have opened the way for federal funding for the proposed $1.6-billion Portal Bridge project, which would replace a critical link in the New York City area's commuter rail infrastructure that carries 200,000 passengers a day between New Jersey and Manhattan.
But an opinion by the Justice Dept.'s Office of Legal Counsel, posted on the department's website last week, now injects some uncertainty into a portion of the funding to replace the deteriorating 110-year-old bridge.