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DeFazio says bill reflects ‘core piece’ of Biden plan Committee will consider the measure next week June 4, 2021 11:56 AM By Lillianna Byington (Updates throughout with comments from GOP lawmakers and context on negotiations.) House Democrats are pushing climate-focused legislation that would authorize $547 billion over five years for surface transportation, including major funding increases for passenger rail, public transit, and carbon reduction. The bill, proposed Fr...

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Plans Advance to Build $11 Billion Tunnel Under the Hudson River Construction is getting one step closer to beginning under the Hudson River. According to the Wall Street Journal, a tunnel that links New York and New Jersey just got major approval. The tunnel would be built under the Hudson River. This approval allows the project to advance. Plans for the project were initially submitted in 2016 with the goal of being completed in 2018. The Wall Street Journal reports that on Friday, May 28, 20...

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), along with Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has published the Final Environment Impact Statement (Final EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the Hudson Tunnel Project.

The Transportation Department on Friday greenlit the Hudson Tunnel Project's environmental impact statement and will allow it to move on toward final design and construction. 

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Booker and Menendez are enthusiastic after the FRA released a long-awaited Record of Decision to advance the Gateway Tunnel project.

U.S. says $11.6 billion NYC-area tunnel project reaches key milestones Reuters 1 hr ago By David Shepardson © Reuters/Eduardo Munoz The skyline of Manhattan in New York is seen during a rainy day from Weehawken, New Jersey By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. agencies on Friday said a planned $11.6 billion project to reconstruct and add a new tunnel between New York City and New Jersey reached two key milestones that will allow it to advance and receive fed...

The project to build a new Hudson River tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey can push ahead with engineering and design work after receiving a key approval from the deferral government.

The project, which supporters say is crucial to the economic future of the Northeast region, has been stuck in limbo for years.