GDC Releases Video Highlighting Workers Building Hudson Tunnel Project
Written by Jennifer McLawhorn, Managing Editor
Screenshot of “Building America’s Most Urgent Infrastructure Project: The Workers of the Hudson Tunnel Project”
Gateway Program via YouTube
NEWARK/NEW YORK CITY - The Gateway Development Commission has released a video highlighting the workers on the Hudson Tunnel Project.
RT&S has reported on the Gateway Development Commission and the work on the Hudson Tunnel Project. Now, the Gateway Development Commission has released a video in which it highlights the workers taking part in the completion of the project. The video, produced below, “shines a spotlight on the men and women building the HTP via interviews with workers on the ground and an up-close look at the construction currently in progress.”
The Hudson Tunnel Project, HTP, will provide “train service into, out of, and through New York, and end the immediate posed by the 115-year-old tunnel between New Jersey and New York.” The project includes nine miles of new track between the two states and a two-tube tunnel that runs under the Hudson River. Crews will also rehabilitate the existing tunnel. According to the release, five of the ten construction packages are currently in progress. Two of those packages are more than halfway complete with one set to finish in 2025. In 2026, tunnel boring is expected to begin.
Alicia Glen, New York GDC Commissioner and Co-Chair, Balpreet Grewal-Virk, New Jersey GDC Commissioner and Co-Chair, and Tony Coscia, GDC Amtrak Commissioner and Vice Chair released a joint statement, saying, “This video puts a human face on the jobs the HTP is already creating and lets us hear, in their own words, what this project means to the people building it. The Hudson Tunnel Project will benefit the New York/New Jersey region and the entire country for decades, but we do not have to wait until construction is finished to feel the positive impacts. Building the HTP is already providing thousands of stable, good-paying jobs, and it will support tens of thousands more in the months and years ahead.”
GDC CEO Tom Prendergast said, “Too often, the men and women who build megaprojects like the HTP are invisible. This video gives them a voice, and their message is clear: building the HTP is not just a job, it is an opportunity to be part of something bigger – to create a legacy that benefits the communities they call home. Thanks to the workers featured in this video, and thousands more who are hard at work every day, GDC is advancing the HTP on scope, schedule, and budget. We are grateful for the leaders in Washington, New York, and New Jersey who have supported our work, and look forward to delivering this critical project that will benefit riders for generations to come.”
