Gateway Development Commission

“I had to let all my guys go. There’s no checks coming in for them.”

Guido Rivieccio, one of the shop stewards working on the Manhattan Tunnel Project, describes the real-world impact that pausing funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project had on the workers on his team this week.

Hundreds of workers should be on site building the Hudson Tunnel Project this week. Instead, we had to put up these signs at our construction sites because we still cannot access the federal funding for the project. Funding must be restored now so we can get back to work!

Pausing construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project hurts hundreds of workers. More than 200 union workers rallied at GDC’s North Bergen construction site earlier this week to call for federal funding to be restored so they can get back to work.

When work pauses, paychecks stop. LIUNA General President Brent Booker explains to NJ Spotlight that withholding funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project means lost income, fewer dollars in local economies, and workers struggling to make ends meet.

The pause in federal funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project threatens the livelihoods of hundreds of workers. Local 472 member Lamont Richardson told NY1 what’s at stake for his union brothers and sisters.

We’ve already put more than $1 billion and countless hours into construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project. We have active construction sites across New York and New Jersey, and we’re ready to start tunnel boring. Funding must be restored now so we can keep building.

Stopping construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project will hurt our regional and national economy. An extended construction pause would put nearly 100,000 total jobs at risk.

Construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project will be suspended today if disbursements of federal funding obligated to the project do not resume.

More information about the impacts of pausing construction and our ongoing efforts to restore funding here: www.gatewayprogram.org/wp-content/u...

Trump refusal to release Hudson River tunnel project funds to put 1,000 out of work by weekend White House spokesman Kush Desai claimed the funding freeze was over the fact that Democratic lawmakers had supposedly not been “prioritizing the interests of Americans over illegal aliens.&#…

Trump refusal to release Hudson River tunnel project funds to put 1,000 out of work by weekend

As federal funding ends on this major tunnel project, 1,000 construction workers are about to be out of work Workers were shutting down construction at the Gateway Tunnel sites Thursday as Friday's deadline looms to restore federal funding.

Workers were shutting down construction at the Gateway Tunnel sites Thursday as Friday's deadline looms to restore federal funding.

Nearly 1,000 workers will lose their jobs immediately when construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project pauses tomorrow, and an extended pause will put many more jobs at risk.

Funding must be restored ASAP so these hardworking men and women can get back to work.

“Superstorm Sandy showed us that at any moment, we could be shut down. And if we’re shut down, we’re screwed.”

Steve Valeira discussed the stakes of stopping construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project at our Board Meeting last week.

Watch his statement here: www.youtube.com/live/aUxLY39...

“If we don’t work, we don’t get paid, and playing politics does not put food on the table for us.”

Davon Lomax shared how stopping construction will impact the thousands of men and women building the Hudson Tunnel Project.

Watch his statement at our Board Meeting: www.youtube.com/live/aUxLY39...

As suits try to restore $16B Gateway tunnel project, work winds down It could cost $20 million a month to wind the Gateway project down and secure the sites. If restored, finding skilled workers again could be hard.

I visited the Tonnelle Ave project site today where I could see all the tunnel boring machine parts scattered around, collecting snow, waiting to be assembled.

A pause in construction will have huge consequences for this $16B tunnel program.

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“We’re already 10,000 yards plus of concrete into this job. Why waste it?”

At our Board Meeting, Teamster Raymond Klein highlighted the progress already made by the hundreds of workers who will lose their jobs if funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project isn’t restored.

A bird's eye view of the Gateway Tunnel job site in Weehawken, NJ.

Local 472 Journeyworker Justen Fowler preps the tremie pipe before a concrete pour.

2nd Year Local 472 Apprentice Edwin Way hoses off part of the Hydro-Mill.

Local 472 Journeyworker Jose Texieira monitors the concrete pour for the shaft slurry wall.

👷‍♂️ Today, @weareliuna.bsky.social Local 472 #Laborers poured part of the shaft slurry wall @gatewayprogram.bsky.social in Weehawken, NJ.

Unless Pres. Trump releases the already appropriated funds, Gateway will shut down in 2 days, halting the nation's largest, most critical #infrastructure project.

🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Mike Hellstrom III on impacts of the Trump not funding @gatewayprogram.bsky.social:

"It puts a pause on everything. I have plans for the future & I can't plan if I don't know if I'm gonna have a job next week.

"We just want to work & build this tunnel."

“I urge everyone involved: Please find a solution to keep this project moving. We’re all depending on you.”

Robert Fawcett spoke out for the workers who will lose their jobs if construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project pauses at our Board Meeting.

Watch his testimony: youtu.be/YcjFycSlEAs?...

We’re ready to build! The components of the first tunnel boring machine are on site in North Bergen, ready to be assembled in the portal launch box. Federal funding disbursements must resume ASAP so we can start tunneling.

Joint statement from New Jersey LCV Interim Executive Director, Allison McLeod and New York LCV President, Julie Tighe about the delay in funding for the Gateway Tunnel project. New Jersey LCV is the statewide political voice for the environment

New Jersey LCV and @nylcv.bsky.social strongly support the Gateway Tunnel Project, a once-in-a-generation investment in our region’s economy, climate resilience, and public safety. We urge the Trump Administration to fully fund Gateway and stop unnecessary delays.
https://bit.ly/3NMEVux

If the existing Hudson Tunnel fails, we risk completely hobbling a rail connection that "produces 10% of the country's economic output and is used by 200,000 travelers daily."

We need the federal government to release funding for the Gateway Program ASAP

Read more: https://reut.rs/4q7BThO

NJ to NYC Trains Delayed by 45 Minutes Due to Blocked Tunnel New Jersey Transit trains are running close to scheduled times ahead of the evening commute on Friday, after a blocked tunnel delayed commuters in and out of New York’s Penn Station.

At the end of the week, commuters saw 45 min delays due to a blocked tunnel.

Things like this prove how vital a second operating tunnel is for our region. We need the Gateway Program.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30/nj-to-nyc-trains-delayed-by-45-minutes-due-to-blocked-tunnel

NJ to NYC Trains Delayed by 45 Minutes Due to Blocked Tunnel A brutal week for commuters continued Friday with New Jersey Transit rail service in and out of New York’s Penn Station subject to large delays.

Delays like this will become more frequent - and impact more riders - the longer we rely on the North River Tunnel. We need to complete the Hudson Tunnel Project as soon as possible to deliver reliable, modern rail infrastructure that riders can count on.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🎥 @weareliuna.bsky.social #Local472 member Derrick Healy answers what would happen if the Trump Admin fails to fund the #GatewayTunnel:

"We ain't got a job.

"We're out here giving everything we got. They came looking for us for a vote. They got the vote. Now what?

"It's seriously frustrating."

"President Donald Trump, free this money up now, so I can get to work and make my neighborhood better."

Ironworker John Mooney spoke for the hundreds of workers building the Hudson Tunnel Project at our Board Meeting.

Watch his full testimony here: youtu.be/YcjFycSlEAs?...

The Newsday Editorial Board is right: the Hudson Tunnel Project is the most important rail project in the country, for workers, riders, and our economy. Federal funding must be restored so construction can continue.

Read the whole editorial here: www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...

Snow and ice don't stop us. The hundreds of hardworking men and women building the Hudson Tunnel Project show up every day and endure the elements to deliver the most urgent passenger rail project in the country. Federal funding must be restored so these workers can stay on the job.

The Hudson Tunnel Project is the most urgent infrastructure project in the country – for workers, riders, and the economy – and funding must be restored now. That’s the message we heard loud and clear from workers building the tunnel at our Board Meeting yesterday.

The Northeast Corridor is living on borrowed time.

We urgently need the repairs that the Gateway Program provides, and we need the funding to make the updates possible.

Full testimony from Tom Wright: https://bit.ly/49K3O2G

Construction on Gateway Tunnel may pause amid funding fight with feds Construction will pause on Feb. 6 if funding does not resume.

Construction on the Gateway Tunnel project under the Hudson could pause next week if a fight with the federal government over funding isn’t resolved.

Read more: http://specne.ws/sK3Hkm