‘All systems go’ for US’ largest federally-funded mass-transit project

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

13 June 2024

The US Gateway Program project – a US$16 billion rail and tunnel build and rehabilitation in New York, New Jersey, and surrounding northeastern states – received another allocation of federal funding worth $6.8 billion for the Hudson Tunnel Project on Tuesday, 11 June, which officials and project managers said serves as the ‘green light’ for major construction.

US Senator from New York Chuck Schumer wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “It’s all systems go for the Gateway Tunnel!”

He said the US federal government is to “pay for most” of the $16-billion build that will improve rail lines and tunnels for Amtrak commuter train service in…

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