The federal government insisted on Friday that it was moving to restart payments for the stalled Gateway project after state officials raised alarms that no money had been received nearly a day after funding was to resume under a court order.
A federal judge on Monday declined to reverse an earlier ruling that directed the federal government to restart reimbursements to states for the stalled Gateway project, but she agreed to pause that order until Feb. 12 to allow the Trump administration to appeal it.
A federal judge in New York on Friday issued a temporary order barring the Trump administration from continuing to withhold money for the Gateway project, hours after attorneys for New Jersey and New York faced off with the Trump administration in court over the frozen funds.
Construction on New York’s $16.6 billion Hudson River tunnel project could grind to a halt next week unless the Trump administration releases federal funding, state officials said Tuesday.
Starting Feb. 13, Amtrak will perform “critical work” to transfer one track of rail service from the century-old Portal Bridge to the new Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River.
NJ Transit said it continues to perform a series of upgrades to systems and equipment on the River LINE as the agency transitions to take over operations and maintenance from the current contractor.