NYC buying underground rights for $1.5B water tunnel

... tunnel that passes under a stretch of the Town of Newburgh, the Hudson River and the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County. The $1.5 billion tunnel will serve as a bypass to divert the water supply as crews repair leaks in the city's Delaware ...

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