A long-delayed $16B project to build a desperately needed train tunnel under the Hudson River between NYC and NJ is moving forward under new management.
A bi-state development commission create by NY and NJ in 2019 to oversee the project finally has taken control of the effort. The group, known as the Gateway Development Commission, says it expects boring for the tunnel to begin in 2024.
In addition to increasing the capacity of the rail connection between NYC and NJ for the first time in more than a century—more than 200K commuters a day use the two existing tracks under the Hudson, based on pre-pandemic statistics—the new tunnel will fend off a looming catastrophe.
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