New Jersey Governor Christie has agreed to hold off on killing the ARC tunnel at least for two weeks to give time for negotiations. Secretary LaHood made clear to Christie that New Jersey wouldn’t get to keep the $3 billion in federal funds (and may even have to pay back $300 million already spent), which some suspected was Christie’s actual objective. (NYT, Frank Lautenberg)

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.