President Donald Trump’s administration announced this week that the Department of Transportation and Amtrak will take over New York City’s Penn Station reconstruction project and shave millions in taxpayer funding from its budget.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Thursday that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will withdraw the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from overseeing the initiative, which would overhaul the country’s busiest railway station, and slash federal grants for the project by approximately $120 million. FRA Chief Counsel Kyle Fields informed MTA Chair Janno Lieber of the decision in a letter noting that Amtrak, which owns Penn Station, will oversee the work with support from USDOT.

“The necessary planning for reconstruction and expansion of Penn Station will be conducted under a single grant, led by Amtrak,” Fields wrote in the letter.

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