联邦政府5月27日宣布，该计划的116亿美元项目旨在重建一对隧道，并在纽约市和新泽西之间的哈德逊河下方增加一条新隧道，终于达到了两个关键的里程碑，使其可以前进。

The Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration issued the Hudson Tunnel Project's final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision, both crucial steps for the long-delayed project.

没有专门的联邦资助项目ect. However, completion of these two steps is “a prerequisite for [the agencies] to direct future federal funding to advance this project through pre-construction activities such as engineering, final design development, and property acquisition, as well as construction,” according to a US Transportation Dept. statement.

纽约state and New Jersey are set to split project costs with the federal government, but NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on May 27again publicly questionedwhether the tunnel could be upgraded more cost-effectlvely using an approach that would allow ongoing train service, similar to what he pushed in the revamped repair of a storm damaged Brooklyn-to-Manhattan subway tunnel,which was completed last year.

他在5月27日的新闻发布会上说：“除非这是一个明智，高效，有效的过程，否则我不会付款。”项目官员此前曾表示，根据哈德逊隧道的工作范围，方法是不可行的。

A Federal Transit Administration spokesperson says the agency is working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other project partners "to advance the Hudson River Tunnel project through the Capital Investment Grants Program." As project sponsor, Port Authority "must complete several grants program requirements before the project is eligible for funding, including identifying all funding sources and obtaining funding commitments; applying for and being approved for any USDOT loans assumed; and developing a firm and final project cost, scope, and schedule."

The spokesperson adds that the Gateway Development Commission, a non-profit agency formed to deliver the program, expressed its intent to become the project sponsor through a board action on May 12. The Federal Transit Administration "will provide technical support" to Port Authority and the Commission as those agencies complete the role transfer, she says.

The project involves construction of a new Northeast Corridor rail tunnel under the river connecting to Penn Station rail hub in New York City and also rehabilitation of the existing North River Tunnel, which is more than 110 years old and was inundated with seawater during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

The decision represents completion of the federal environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act.

哈德逊隧道项目是Gateway计划的一部分，开发为大修纽约市地区铁路基础设施。

根据Amtrak的说法，大约有450列火车使用Hudson Tunnel Daily，包括新泽西州Transit操作的火车。在2020年共同19日大流行之前，每天超过200,000次旅行。

Amtrak今年早些时候向国会询问了Gateway的160亿美元，其中包括67亿美元的隧道项目。该项目将意味着新泽西州和宾夕法尼亚车站之间的四个现代隧道。

A Feb. 16 decision by the Biden Administration reversed a Trump-era red light on transit funding for the tunnel construction and upgrade plan.

当联邦政府三年前拒绝将联邦贷款视为各州资金部分的一部分时，促进新泽西州和纽约之间的火车容量的门户计划停滞不前。

该裁决有效地阻止了该项目，理由是缺乏足够的当地资金来满足联邦赠款标准。

据Gateway非营利组织称，该网关计划包括18亿美元，用于恢复现有的北河隧道和98亿美元的新隧道，由于延误，去年的成本增加了2.4％。

The previous administration did agree last year to $766.5 million in federal funding for the estimated $1.8-billion project to replace thePortal Bridge. an aging northern New Jersey swing bridge on the rail line.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is expected to issue a permit for the tunnel project in the fall.