en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Gateway Development Commission has recently awarded the Contract Package 1C of the Hudson Tunnel Project to the Traylor/Walsh/Skanska joint venture, valued at $1.29 billion. The work involves constructing two new railway tunnels beneath the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey, and the West Side of Manhattan, with construction expected to commence within the next few months.
Contract Package 1C covers the riverbed section of the Hudson Tunnel Project, planning to build two separate tunnel tubes, each approximately 7,250 feet long, connecting access shafts located in New Jersey and Manhattan. Construction teams will use two tunnel boring machines for excavation, specifically designed for mixed ground conditions beneath the river, including rock layers, soft soil, and previously reinforced areas. In addition to tunnel excavation, the contract includes the installation of tunnel linings and invert slabs, construction of nine cross passages between the two tunnel tubes, stabilization work near the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system, and underground support work near the Willow Avenue Bridge corridor in Hudson County.
The Gateway Development Commission selected the contractor through a competitive procurement process, with representatives from multiple transit agencies and government entities, including Amtrak, NJ Transit, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, participating in the evaluation. Project officials have approved the market cost estimate for this contract package and authorized the notice to proceed.
The Hudson Tunnel Project is part of the Gateway Program, which aims to increase passenger rail capacity between New Jersey and New York and to support the future rehabilitation of the century-old North River Tunnel. According to project officials, six of the ten construction packages associated with the Hudson Tunnel Project have been completed or are actively underway, with early phases including the Palisades Tunnel segment in New Jersey and the Manhattan Tunnel segment in New York.
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