Shovels Down on the Hudson Tunnel Project

Today, construction stopped on the Hudson River Tunnels because the Trump Administration has frozen funds as part of a political spat with New York State Democrats. 

That money has been frozen since October in the lead up to the 2025 government shutdown, extended beyond the shutdown, and the crisis has finally come to a head. 

If the freeze continues, it will endanger 95,000 jobs and $19.6 billion in economic activity. The reality is, when the North River Tunnel repair inevitably occurs, if we haven't built the new tubes taking that tunnel out of service it will lop off $16 billion in annual U.S. GDP. It will also cut Amtrak service between New York and Washington, D.C., in half.

We need to ask every elected official along the Northeast Corridor—both Republicans and Democrats—to make unfreezing funding for the Hudson River Tunnels a top priority. Not just for the sake of the regional and national economy, but for the mobility of the entire Eastern Seaboard.

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