Gateway transit link: Commuter Tunnel Under the Hudson Won't Be Finished Until 2035 [View all]

Source: New York Times

Commuter Tunnel Under the Hudson Won’t Be Finished Until 2035

The crucial Gateway transit link from New Jersey to New York will now open three years later than expected and is likely to cost $2 billion more to construct.

By Dana Rubinstein
Aug. 31, 2022

Eight years ago, the head of Amtrak warned that the century-old rail tunnel connecting New Jersey to Midtown Manhattan would have to be shut down in some form by 2034 to address the ravages of age and Hurricane Sandy.

It was hoped that the Gateway infrastructure project, which had then already been unveiled, would lead to the construction of a new tunnel before the estimated deadline.

But on Wednesday, the commission managing the project announced that the new tunnel would not be completed until 2035, three years later than expected, and a year beyond the deadline envisioned by Joseph Boardman, that former Amtrak chief executive. And the old tunnel — owned by Amtrak but more heavily used by New Jersey Transit — will not be fully rehabilitated until 2038, also three years later than planned.

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