New Jersey

The Gateway Development Commission celebrated the start of tunnel boring for the Hudson Tunnel Project.

The federal government dropped an appeal that attempted to again block federal funding for the Gateway tunnel and other infrastructure projects in the region just weeks after asking a federal court to overturn a lower decision that found the funding freeze flagrantly violated law.

Beginning Oct. 9, Amtrak and NJ Transit will perform critical work to transfer the final track from the 116-year-old Portal Bridge to the new Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River.