Articles Tagged with ''Hudson River rail tunnel''

When will crews complete the first of 10 projects to build new tunnels connecting New Jersey and New York under the Hudson River?

The package includes trackway, a retaining wall, bridges and viaduct leading from the current Northeast Corridor to the future tunnel portal.

Contract package scope covers boring a pair of tunnels from a construction shaft in Hoboken, N.J., to one in Manhattan to build the center portion of the megaproject to replace and rehab the 100+ year-old vehicle crossing.

Officials with the Gateway Development Commission say the contractor developed a plan that will save time on the $16-billion project.

Kolluri was most recently CEO of the Gateway Development commission, where he led rail infrastructure projects that will serve NJ Transit's commuter rail.

Seven of nine planned contract packages for NJ-NY rail megaproject will either be under construction or in procurement by end of the year, officials said.

Gateway Development Commission CEO Kris Kolluri plans to step down from the role in October.

The contractor will bore a pair of tunnels nearly a mile and build a shaft where another contractor tunneling under the river will meet it.

Gateway Development Commission CEO said he would resign effective Aug. 16.

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is supplying a $6.9-billion grant and $4.1 billion in low-interest loans on top of previously announced federal funding.