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Rutgers grad heads Hudson River Tunnel project outreach

January 22, 2015

One of the key players behind an urgent push to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River and avert a looming commuter nightmare is Rutgers graduate Petra Messick, an infrastructure planning manager at Amtrak who earned a master’s degree from Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in 2004.

MyCentralJersey.com, Jan. 22

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