The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has fully resumed construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project. Workers have returned to all construction sites impacted by the pause in federal funding, and all construction activities that were suspended have started again.

 

Since the start of 2026, GDC completed the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge & Utility Relocation Project. The project was substantially completed in late 2025, when the bridge structure was finished, opening space beneath Tonnelle Avenue for the tunnel boring machines to be assembled for launch. The work completed since then included paving and striping the last section of the new road on top of the bridge and other tasks associated with closing out construction of the project.

 

Components of the first tunnel boring machine that will be used for the project arrived at the construction site in North Bergen and are being prepped for assembly. The second tunnel boring machine that will be used for the project shipped from the factory. Components of this machine will begin to arrive on site in March. 

 

While workers are back on the job for now, GDC will have to pause construction again in two to three months if federal funding disbursements do not continue. In addition, contract awards for the Hudson River Tunnel and New Jersey Surface Alignment contracts remain on hold.