Officials from New York and New Jersey have planned to build the new tunnels between the two states for nearly a decade. The $300 million award is just a small fraction of the $16.1 billion officials have requested for the project.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.President Joe Biden will visit New York City Tuesday to announce the first federal grant to build new passenger rail tunnels beneath the Hudson River, marking the latest step forward for the long-stalled Gateway Program.
Officials from New York and New Jersey have planned to build the new tunnels between the two states for nearly a decade. The current 113-year-old tubes were, and officials behind the project say they can't be repaired until the new tunnels are built.“There is no bigger advocate for our project and for transformative infrastructure projects than President Biden,” said Stephen Sigmund, a spokesperson for the Gateway Development Commission, the bi-state organization in charge of the project.
Tom Wright, President and CEO of the Regional Plan Association, said in an email the new tunnel “remains the Tri-state’s most critical large-scale infrastructure priority.”
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