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Gateway tunnel boring begins under the Palisades, a milestone for NJ-NYC commuters
Two giant tunnel boring machines have started digging the new Hudson River rail tunnel of the $16 billion Gateway project, a key milestone for the thousands of people who travel between New Jersey and Manhattan every day.
Ally Daily Editorial DeskUpdated:
Two giant tunnel boring machines have begun digging the new Hudson River rail tunnel of the $16 billion Gateway project, a key milestone for the thousands of people who commute between New Jersey and Manhattan every day. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker attended the ceremonial launch in North Bergen, New Jersey, on Monday.
The machines, each weighing roughly 1,700 tons and stretching about 500 feet, will cut through about a mile of rock beneath the New Jersey Palisades at a pace of around 30 feet a day. They are expected to reach the Hudson County access shaft on the Weehawken-Hoboken border in about a year, and two more machines are set to follow. The new tunnel will add two tracks between New Jersey and Penn Station in Manhattan for Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, on a corridor that carries some 200,000 passengers on 450 trains a day.
Officials aim to open the new tunnel around 2034-2035, after which the 116-year-old North River Tunnel, damaged during Hurricane Sandy, will be rehabilitated. “Many thought this day would never come, a lot of fits and starts. But here we are,” Hochul said. The project survived a funding fight with the Trump administration: after New York and New Jersey went to court, a federal judge ordered the release of more than $200 million in frozen funds following a month-long work stoppage in February. “We are going to finish this tunnel on time or ahead of time,” Schumer said.
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