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July 2025
June 2025
- Construction of Key Gateway Tunnel Project Hits Halfway Point (PIX 11)
First Phase of Gateway Rail Tunnel Entrance Wraps Up (NorthJersey.com)
Hudson Tunnel Project construction workers in the spotlight (NJBIZ)
GDC Releases Video Highlighting Workers Building Hudson Tunnel Project (Railway Track & Structures)
New video highlights Hudson Tunnel construction workers (New York Construction Report)
Video highlights people building Hudson Tunnel Project (Tunnels & Tunnelling) Gateway Tunnel project hits milestone beneath Hudson Yards (NY1)
May 2025
April 2025
March 2025
February 2025
December 2024
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
- New EarthCams let people see progress of Gateway Tunnel Program (NY1)
- Gateway project secures $3.88B in funding (NJ Spotlight News)
- Gateway board takes last step to secure $3.8B for Hudson rail tunnel project (NorthJersey.com)
- First Gateway contract awarded to drill new Hudson River rail tunnels through the Palisades (NJ.com)
- Gateway Development Commission awards $466M contract for tunneling between NY, NJ (NorthJersey.com)
- Gateway panel sets contract for tunnel thru N.J. Palisades (NY Daily News)
July 2024
- NYC’s $16 Billion Gateway Tunnel Project Locks In Billions in Federal Funding (Bloomberg)
- Gateway Rail Tunnel Reaches ‘Point Of No Return’ With $6.9 Billion Check. (NorthJersey.com)
- Biggest federal grant in U.S. history signed for Gateway rail tunnel. (NJ.com)
- NY, NJ sign $6.9B deal with federal government for Hudson River rail tunnel as part of Gateway project. (New York Daily News)
- Federal Transportation Officials Sign Off On $6.88 Billion To Complete Federal Funding For Gateway Project. (Newsday)
- Gateway tunnel project lands $6.8B in federal funding (Crain’s New York)
- $16 billion funding agreement signed for Gateway Tunnel, construction finally starting under Hudson River (AM NY)
- Gateway Development Commission Secures Full Funding for Hudson Tunnel Project (New Jersey Business Magazine)
- Officials announce $6.8B grant to fund long-delayed Gateway tunnel between NJ, Penn Station (ABC7)
- Gateway tunnels, nation’s largest infrastructure project, gets key funding. Here’s when the new tunnels will be dug. (CBS News New York)
- $16 billion Gateway Tunnel Project gets federal funding boost after years of delays. (NBC NY)
- NY, NJ Governors Announce $6.88b Investment To Fund Hudson Tunnel Project. (FOX5)
- Billions in additional funding secured for Gateway Tunnel Project (Spectrum News NY1)
- NJ, NY officials announce $6.8B in funding for new rail tunnels under Hudson River. (News12)
- ‘No turning back’: Hudson Tunnel Gateway Project fully funded after signing (PIX11)
June 2024
- $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Gets Final Green Light (The New York Times)
- NYC’s $16 Billion Gateway Tunnel Project Wins Final Federal Signoff (Bloomberg)
- Billions of dollars for new tunnel to link New York and New Jersey coming ‘at long last’ (Politico)
- Feds pledge $6.9B for Gateway project, clearing path for Hudson River rail tunnel (Newsday)
- Gateway Tunnel project secures needed funding to move forward “full steam ahead” (CBS News New York)
May 2024
April 2024
- Report: Hudson Tunnel Project to create 95,000 new jobs, generate billions in revenue (News12 NJ)
- NY-to-NJ Gateway tunnel project bigger job boost than expected (Politico)
- Gateway Tunnel project could create 20K more jobs than we thought (NJ.com)
- Report: Hudson Tunnel project to create 95,000 jobs (NJ Spotlight News)
- Gateway Tunnel project is one step closer to getting massive federal grant (NJ.com)
- GDC Submits FTA Documentation for Hudson Tunnel Project Funding (Railway Age)
- GDC submits final documents for Hudson Tunnel Project grant funding (NJBIZ)
- EarthCam installed at Hudson Tunnel Project construction site (NJBIZ)
March 2024
- America’s Most Critical Infrastructure Project (NJ Business Magazine)
February 2024
- Parsons-Arcadis-Mace JV Wins Delivery Partner Contract for $16B Hudson Tunnel (ENR)
- A consequential contract is approved to kick-start the Gateway rail tunnel project (NorthJersey.com)
- GDC board selects Hudson Tunnel Project delivery partner (NJBIZ)
- Mace JV picked for £12.6bn Hudson Tunnel project (Construction News)
- Hudson Tunnel Project Receives More Federal Aid; Reduces States’ Need (Railway Track & Structures)
- State share of Hudson River train tunnel costs way down as final deal nears (Politico)
- More federal aid lowers cost of Gateway rail tunnel project under Hudson for NJ, NY (NorthJersey.com)
- Gateway Shortlists Three Teams for Manhattan End of $16B Hudson Tunnel (ENR)
- GDC commissioners: Hudson Tunnel Project ‘finally happening’ (NJBIZ)
- Work on the first Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River is ready to begin (NJ.com)
- Gateway commission awards first contract in Hudson River tunnel project (New York Daily News)
- Hudson riverbed will be stabilized for new Gateway rail tunnel (NorthJersey.com)
January 2024
- Animation depicts early NJ construction work for Gateway rail tunnel (NJBIZ)
- History in the Making: The Nation’s Most Urgent Infrastructure Project Gets Underway (City & State New York)
- GDC reveals shortlisted firms for key rail tunnel project work (NJBIZ)
- GDC Develops List of Teams to Submit RFP for Manhattan Tunnel Work (Railway Track & Structures)
December 2023
- End-of-Year Letter Touts Historic Progress on Hudson Tunnel Project (New Jersey Business Magazine)
- Gateway Development Commission End-of-Year Letter Touts Historic Progress on Hudson Tunnel Project: “A New American Renaissance Is Underway In Infrastructure” (Railway Track & Structures)
November 2023
- New Phase of Gateway Tunnel Project in Hudson River to Begin (The New York Times)
- Feds add $4 billion to Gateway tunnel project, which will cut NJ’s share of the cost (NorthJersey.com)
- Gateway Tunnel under Hudson River gets $3.8B more funding as construction starts (WABC-TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News)
- Construction officially begins on long-delayed Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project (CBS News New York)
- Gateway Tunnel project work begins as $3.8B in new funding announced (Spectrum News NY1)
- Feds to contribute $3.8. billion more for new Hudson train tunnel (NJ Spotlight News – NJ PBS)
- Comienzan trabajos en el Proyecto del túnel Hudson (Telemundo47 Nueva York)
- Gateway gets billions more from feds, who are agreeing to pick up more of the tab (Politico)
- Gateway tunnel project reaches key milestone with $3.8 billion funding boost (Gothamist)
- Groundbreaking held for New Jersey section of Gateway Tunnel Project (WABC-TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News)
- Roadway bridge construction for Hudson River tunnel begins in North Bergen, N.J. (CBS News New York)
- Hudson River Tunnel project advances to New Jersey (PIX11)
October 2023
September 2023
- Years Later, Construction to Restart on Hudson River Rail Tunnel (The New York Times)
- Big step: Gateway Development Commission expected to award 1st construction project to Conti on Monday (ROI NJ)
- First construction contract for $16B Gateway Hudson River tunnel project approved (NJ.com)
- GDC Board Awards Two Major Contracts for Tonnelle Avenue Bridge Utility Relocation Project (Tunnel Business Magazine)
- ‘This is the beginning’: Contracts approved for first phases of Gateway tunnel project (NorthJersey.com)
August 2023
- Revealing new Hudson Tunnel details, Kolluri vows ‘we will build this vital project’ (NJBIZ)
- Three teams shortlisted for Hudson Tunnel ground stabilisation package (Ground Engineering)
- Gateway Shortlists Three Teams for $250M Hudson Riverbed Stabilization (ENR)
- NYC’s Long-Awaited Rail Tunnel Set to Get Shovels in the Ground (Bloomberg)
July 2023
- Five Minutes With James A. Morrison, Gateway Development Commission CTO (ENR)
- Hudson Tunnel Project to Get $6.9 Billion in Largest U.S. Transit Grant (The New York Times)
- Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project Set for Record $6.9B Federal Grant (ENR)
- NYC’s Gateway Tunnel Project Secures $6.9 Billion Federal Grant (Bloomberg)
- Hudson Tunnel Project gets billions from feds to move Gateway project forward (NJ.com)
- New York’s Hudson tunnel project to get $6.9 billion in largest U.S. transit grant (The Washington Post)
- $7B for Hudson River tunnels locks in project beyond Republican reach (Politico)
- Hudson Tunnel Project to Receive $6.88B Federal Grant (NJ Business Magazine)
- Gateway Tunnel Funding Edition (SteetsBlog NYC)
- Largest federal transportation grant ever awarded to critical NY-NJ tunnel project (CNN)
- Number of the Day: $6.9 Billion (The Fiscal Times)
- Hudson Tunnel Project set to receive $6.88B in federal funding (NJ BIZ)
- Gateway Tunnel Gets $7B Federal Funding, Construction to Start This Year (The Commercial Observer)
- Schumer announces $6.9B in funding for Hudson Tunnel, largest-ever transportation grant in U.S. history ( NY 1)
- Feds commit $6.8B for new Hudson River tunnels, potential opening by 2035 (Gothamist)
- US advances $6.88 billion grant for key New York tunnel project (Reuters)
- Gateway tunnel project beneath Hudson to get key boost with $6.9 billion federal grant (NorthJersey.com)
- Biden admin awards nearly $7B to Gateway Tunnel project, largest federal transit grant in US history (AM NY)
June 2023
May 2023
- Shortlist Released for $16B NY-NJ Hudson River Tunnel (ENR)
- Gateway Development Commission Shortlists Delivery Partner for Hudson Tunnel Project (Tunnel Business Magazine)
- GDC Shortlists Three Hudson Tunnel Project Teams (Railway Age)
- Gateway panel invites shortlisted teams to respond to Hudson Tunnel RFP (Progressive Railroading)
- More Progress on Hudson Tunnel Project (New Jersey Business Magazine)
- Gateway project gains steam with deal struck on tunnel entrance (NorthJersey.com)
- NYC’s $16 Billion Gateway Tunnel Wins Key Access at Hudson Yards (Bloomberg)
- Price tag of Gateway Tunnel’s concrete box under Hudson Yards is $692M (NJ.com)
March 2023
- $700M allocated for Gateway rail tunnel in 2024 federal budget (NJ.com)
- Biden Budget Routes $1.2 Billion to Big Transit Projects in New York (New York Times)
- Biden seeks $700M in budget for Gateway tunnels as confidence in project grows (The Bergen Record)
- Biden budget adds funding for Hudson River tunnel and Second Avenue Subway projects (Politico)
February 2023
- GDC NY Co-chair Alicia Glen discusses Gateway Program (MetroFocus)
- Biden Offers Millions for New York Rail Tunnel, Courtesy of His Infrastructure Law (The New York Times)
January 2023
- Biden Hails NYC Rail Tunnel as Boon to Amtrak, NJ Transit Riders (Bloomberg)
- Biden says Hudson River Tunnel project is finally full steam ahead (Politico)
- Is Gateway construction starting? Who works there? Here’s what to expect in 2023 (NorthJersey.com)
- RFQ for $16B NY-NJ Rail Tunnel Delivery Partner Draws Contenders (Engineering News-Record)
December 2022
- Senate confirms 4 to NJ transportation boards. Are any of them actual commuters? (NorthJersey.com)
- TESTIMONY: GDC Commissioner Nominee Amy M. Rosen
- Hudson River rail tunnel construction in NYC starting in 2023 with $292M federal grant, Schumer says (NY Daily News)
- Gateway project at Penn Station gets $300M federal grant to build critical box tunnel beneath Hudson Yards (Newsday)
November 2022
September 2022
July/August 2022
- Buttigieg Helps Break Ground on New Portal North Bridge Construction (InsiderNJ)
- After years of delays construction expected to begin on new Portal North Bridge (WNYC)
- Portal North Bridge groundbreaking signals start of new era (NJBiz)
- New Gateway Tunnel boss digs in to build an organization the feds could invest billions in (nj.com)
May/June 2022
- Amtrak advances North River Tunnel remediation work by leveraging existing maintenance windows (Mass Transit)
- Amtrak awards contract to Arup for preliminary design of railroad infrastructure to support New York Penn Station expansion (Mass Transit)
- N.Y. Gateway Project Gets a Plug From Biden Infrastructure Chief (Bloomberg)
March/April 2022
- Amtrak chairman: Don’t let this moment pass. It’s time to build Gateway. (nj.com)
- Save on gas, save on time. The Gateway Hudson Tunnel would do both. (nj.com)
- Amtrak Portal Bridge replacement construction gets green light (Fox5 NY)
- Biden’s proposed budget includes $100M for Gateway Tunnel (nj.com)
- First round of federal funding for Gateway earmarked in Biden’s budget recommendations (NorthJersey.com)
January/February 2022
November/December 2021
- Infrastructure bill secures billions for long-delayed Hudson River tunnel (New York Post)
- Amtrak Works to Keep the NYC Rail Tunnel Open Until Its Gateway Project Is Done (Bloomberg)
- NYC’s Gateway Tunnel Gets Final Federal Construction Permit (Bloomberg)
- Amtrak Wins Major Funding Boost in Infrastructure Act (Engineering News-Record)
September/October 2021
July/August 2021
- Big infrastructure bill could be good news for Gateway Tunnel project crucial to N.J. (nj.com)
- Amtrak chairman: Don’t let this moment pass. It’s time to build Gateway. (nj.com)
- Buttigieg visits N.J. commuter towns to pitch $1 trillion infrastructure bill (nj.com) At Long Last, a New Rail Tunnel Under the Hudson River Can Be Built (New York Times)
- Aging rail tunnels into NYC wreaked havoc for commuters last year with 210 hours of delays (nj.com)
May/June 2021
- Gateway tunnel between NY and NJ lands critical federal approval (northjersey.com) Gateway commissioners are ‘extremely optimistic’ about future of long-stalled tunnel plan (NorthJersey.com)
- At Long Last, a New Rail Tunnel Under the Hudson River Can Be Built (New York Times)
- Feds Green Light $11.6B Hudson River Tunnel Project With Record of Decision (Engineering News-Record)
March 2021
- Gateway commissioners are ‘extremely optimistic’ about future of long-stalled tunnel plan (NorthJersey.com)
- ‘Gateway is going to be a priority’ (ROI-NJ)
- Federal Transit Administration Gives New Momentum to Hudson Tunnel Project (Engineering News-Record)
January/February 2021
September/October 2020
July/August 2020
May/June 2020
- Will We Ever Get Our Gateway Tunnel? (NJ Monthly)
March 2020
- With Hudson River tunnel stalled, Amtrak left at the station again — and that’s bad for Baltimore (Baltimore Sun Editorial)
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
- Money isn’t the main hurdle for the Gateway project. Training hundreds of engineers is (NorthJersey.com)
- 9 big New York infrastructure projects (City & State NY)
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
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April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
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November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
July 2018
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