Work will begin again next week on the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project after the Trump administration unfroze $127 million in federal funding, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.
The states of New York and New Jersey filed a lawsuit following the U.S. Department of Transportation’s decision to hold back $205 million in project funding beginning October 1. This funding stoppage forced construction to stop, leaving 1,000 workers without jobs. The Hudson Tunnel Project is designed to create a new commuter rail tunnel linking Manhattan with New Jersey while also fixing an existing tunnel that’s more than 100 years old and serves over 200,000 passengers and 425 trains each day.
