cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52457114
Seven of the 10 construction contracts for the Gateway Program are complete or in progress. That includes the completed Tonnelle Avenue Bridge Project in North Bergen and early stages of new track layout and tunnel boring across North Jersey. The new tunnel is set to open in 2035 and the current one is set to be redone by 2038.
Boring through the earth begins once the 500-foot-long boring machine is fully assembled by the end of 2026. It will take 40 workers to crew and cut through 30-35 feet of solid rock per day. It’s a big change from the last tunnel project - done with hand tools more than 100 years ago.
This is cool. The scale of a project like this feels difficult to understand properly. Just assembling the boring machine, wow.
Yeah, it’s tremendous. Compared to the other things we spend money on that are very expensive and take a long time, this one makes sense.
