State and federal officials announced yesterday that the Gateway Development Commission signed a $6.88 billion maximum full funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration. The grant supports the Hudson Tunnel Project, which will build two additional tracks and modernize the existing two tracks between Penn Station and New Jersey. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said work on the long-delayed tunnels could start as early as this fall…
Senate Majority Leader, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, says the new deal is even better for New York and New Jersey than it was before…
The current single-track tunnels are over 110 years old and were damaged by Superstorm Sandy 12 years ago. Work on an expansion project had begun in 2010 but former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie canceled the project because he felt his state was paying too much. Former president Donald Trump also declined to fund the infrastructure project. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said he’s been working on this project since he became a Senator a decade ago…
The tunnels won’t be completed overnight, officials said don’t expect it to be completed before 2035.