Transportation

Long-Awaited NYC Gateway Tunnel Project Split Into Four Parts to Speed Work

  • Separating into four pacts ensures competitive bids, GDC says
  • Construction was previously delayed from mid-2023 to mid-2024

Lights illuminate the north tube of the North River Tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York.

Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

The long-delayed Gateway project is making yet another change to the multibillion dollar program for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey in a bid to keep costs in check and speed up work.

Instead of one big contract to build a new tunnel under the Hudson River, there will be four separate projects for engineering and consultant firms to bid on, the Gateway Development Commission announced Tuesday.