The unspoken air of inevitability hung over the Gateway Tunnel construction in west Manhattan on the final day before the nation’s biggest infrastructure project ran out of funds. What had once been a buzzing hive of activity was eerily silent Thursday afternoon as heavy machinery sat idle on the $16 billion project to build the Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson and rehabilitate the

Nearly 1,000 workers will lose their jobs on Feb. 6 if the $16 billion project is put on hold, the project authority said.

Work on a $16 billion Hudson River rail-tunnel project that could ease congestion between New Jersey and Manhattan is set to come to a halt on Friday following the Trump administration’s decision last year to freeze its funding.

Construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) will pause on Feb. 6 if disbursements of federal funds do not resume. The HTP is one of the largest infrastructure projects in U.S. history. The project,

Commission members say any disruption will have ripple effects up and down the East Coast. Hundreds of thousands of commuters travel through the tunnel daily.

As construction continues on the Hudson Tunnel Project, the Gateway Development Commission is highlighting the workers responsible for building the nation’s most critical infrastructure project. The GDC is out with a new video this week that offers an up ...

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