Officials with the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced the contract for Hudson Tunnel Project Construction Package 3 would go to Skanska Creamer Sanzari NJSA JV.
Package 3 covers the New Jersey Surface Alignment and will build an estimated 1.5 miles of new infrastructure to support the tracks connecting the new rail tunnel under the Hudson River to the existing Northeast Corridor. Construction association with the project is expected to begin this year.
With the package three contract announcement, seven of the 10 construction packages that make up the Hudson Tunnel Project are now in progress or completed, officials said.
“The award of the New Jersey Surface Alignment contract marks another major step forward for the most important infrastructure project in America,” New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said. “One of the Hudson Tunnel Project construction packages is complete and six are now underway, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, generating billions in economic activity for the region and the country, and building a reliable and resilient transportation system riders can depend on. The Hudson Tunnel Project will strengthen our infrastructure for generations while proving what is possible when government invests in the future.”
Package 3 will build 7,540 feet of new infrastructure from County Road in Secaucus to the tunnel portal at Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, and will include tracks, signals, and other railroad systems that will be installed as part of a future construction package. Additionally, the project involves building 4,170 feet of retaining walls and installing lightweight concrete fill to create the embankment next to the existing Northeast Corridor tracks, and constructing 3,150 feet of viaduct to carry the new tracks over wetlands in the Meadowlands.
The project will also build bridges over Secaucus Road and existing freight rail tracks, additional infrastructure like roads, drainage structures, equipment platforms and stairs, and relocated utilities, while protecting water and sewer lines and moving an auxiliary signal power substation.