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By Paul Nussbaum

Inquirer Staff Writer

State funding has been held up for a proposed commuter rail line between Glassboro and $\"Light$ Camden, victim of a troubled Transportation Trust Fund and a tough economy.Then-Gov. Jon S. Corzine promised last year to provide $500 million to the Delaware River Port Authority for the $1.5 billion, 18-mile rail line. The money was to come from the Transportation Trust Fund, which is funded with gas-tax revenues and borrowed money.The DRPA was counting on up to $9 million of that aid to pay for an environmental impact statement that is required before work can proceed on the rail line.The environmental study money, to be provided by NJ Transit, has not been forthcoming.Meanwhile, the DRPA is holding about $427,000 in bills submitted by engineering consultant STV Inc. for the environmental work, which has slowed dramatically.