On Monday, the Gateway Development Commission unanimously approved contracts for two critical phases of the project.
One, on the New York side, would add a concrete casing that connects the tunnel project, running under the Hudson, into Penn Station.The other, on the New Jersey side, would build what will essentially be the opening of a new tunnel, underneath Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.
"We are not waiting for 2024, 2025, or 2026," said Kris Kolluri, CEO of the Gateway Development Commission.The project-- which has been discussed for decades-- will, when finished in about a decade, add a brand-new two-tube tunnel underneath the Hudson for New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail commuters, and it will refurbish the existing tunnel, more than a century old.
"What we're trying to do here is develop modern 21st-century mass transit," Sigmund said, "So that people have something to use that is reliable and that gets them to work on time and gets them home on time."that I have read and agree
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