The New Gateway Commuter-Rail Tunnel between New York and New Jersey, has received Final Regulatory Approval, Meaning the Long-Awaited Project can begin Construction once it Receives Federal Funding.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Permit allows the digging of a New Tunnel under the Hudson River, the Gateway Development Commission said in a Statement Wednesday. The Project includes Repairing the current Link, 110 years old and eroded by seawater, which is a major part of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line, carrying more than 2,200 daily trains between Washington and Boston.
“The Gateway project will help support the economic prosperity of New York and the rest of the country for years to come,” Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said in the Statement.
The $12.3 billion Gateway project stalled under former President Donald Trump, but it has received key federal approvals this year. New York and New Jersey are splitting Funding with the U.S. government.
President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, both have called Gateway a Priority, naming it as an example of the work enabled by the Infrastructure Law passed this month.
The Law includes $550 billion to Rebuild: Roads, Bridges, and Mass Transit. But Officials need the Federal Transit Administration to Approve a $5.6 billion Grant to help finance it.
“This step brings us much closer to the beginning of construction on the Hudson tunnel project, which is part of the single-largest critical infrastructure effort in the nation,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said Wednesday in a Statement.
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