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Gateway Tunnel Boring Starts After Judge Orders Funding

5/14/2026

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The Gateway Development Commission will begin boring the Hudson River rail tunnel in North Bergen, New Jersey.
A federal judge ordered the U.S. President Donald Trump administration to release funds after a New York–New Jersey lawsuit.
Two German tunnel-boring machines, each nearly two football fields long with diamond-hard cutters, arrived in about 100 components.
The 2.5-mile, two-track tunnel aims for 2035 completion to ease the nation’s busiest passenger rail corridor.

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Story summary

The Gateway Development Commission will begin boring the Hudson River rail tunnel in North Bergen, New Jersey.
A federal judge ordered the U.S. President Donald Trump administration to release funds after a New York–New Jersey lawsuit.
Two German tunnel-boring machines, each nearly two football fields long with diamond-hard cutters, arrived in about 100 components.
The 2.5-mile, two-track tunnel aims for 2035 completion to ease the nation’s busiest passenger rail corridor.