Construction on the Hudson Tunnel Project will resume this week, the Gateway Development Commission said, following a work pause that began Feb. 6 when President Donald Trump said he would withhold federal tax dollars for the project.
Work on the Gateway project to build new rail tunnels under the Hudson River will resume next week after the Trump administration released the roughly $200 million in federal funding owed to the commission overseeing construction.
The long-delayed North Brunswick train station project on the Northeast Corridor has cleared another design hurdle, with the Middlesex County Improvement Authority saying NJ Transit has signed off on 60% design and approved moving into final engineering and design.
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Wednesday that federal tax dollars have resumed for the Gateway Tunnel project after a months-long funding freeze that halted construction and put roughly 1,000 workers on the sidelines.
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.
At a preview event this week, Amtrak President Roger Harris and federal dignitaries showcased the first new Airo train, a new-generation train designed to elevate the customer experience and strengthen service across the national network.
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.