The North Bergen portion of the Hudson Tunnel, specifically the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge and Utility Relocation project, is more than 50 percent complete after breaking ground in November 2023, officials said.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“The Tonnelle Ave. Project is a foundational element of the HTP. It will unlock the portal to the Palisades that will enable tunnel boring to begin and provide the main staging area that will be used for tunnel boring and surface alignment work in New Jersey,” Gateway Development Commissioners Alicia Glen, Balpreet Grewal-Virk, and Tony Coscia said in a joint statement.
“Reaching the halfway point of this critical project in just one year demonstrates our team’s expertise and our commitment to delivering the most urgent infrastructure project in the nation as quickly as possible.”
This early works component of the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) is essential because it will create an access point for launching the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will dig the underground portion on the New Jersey side of the new tunnel in 2026.
The Tonnelle Avenue project is creating 420 jobs and generating $86 million in economic output. In total, construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project is projected to create 95,000 jobs and generate $19.6 billion in economic activity, as HCV first reported.
“We have made major progress since starting construction of the HTP last November, and the positive momentum propelling this project forward only continues to grow,” added GDC Acting CEO Patrick McCoy.
“In addition to reaching the halfway point on the Tonnelle Ave. Project, our construction crews are making significant progress on each of our construction projects. All of this work is creating thousands of good jobs and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity right now, and those benefits will only continue to grow.”
