The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jointly with NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Final Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Hudson Tunnel Project; FRA and the Federal Transit Administration have also issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Project.
The Hudson Tunnel Project proposes to rehabilitate the existing tunnel under the Hudson River that carries Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT Northeast Corridor passenger trains between New Jersey and New York, and construct a new tunnel and associated railroad infrastructure to carry passenger rail trains while the existing tunnel is being rehabilitated.
The EIS was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NJ TRANSIT and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) are joint lead local agencies in the development of the EIS. FRA is coordinating compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) with the NEPA process.
Project Contacts:
| Ms. Amishi Castelli, Ph.D.
Environmental Protection Specialist USDOT Federal Railroad Administration One Bowling Green, Suite 429 New York, NY 10004 |
| Mr. Donald Burns, AICP
Director of Planning and Program Development, Region 2 Office of Environmental Programs, TRO2 USDOT Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE East Building, Room E43-302 Washington, D.C. 20590 |
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Mr. RJ Palladino, AICP, PP Senior Program Manager NJ TRANSIT Capital Planning One Penn Plaza East - 8th Floor Newark, NJ 07105 |
| Mr. Benjamin S. Engle
Program Manager, Gateway Program Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 4 World Trade Center 150 Greenwich Street, 15th Floor New York, NY 10007 |
Via the project website
Via email: team@hudsontunnelproject.com
The Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision are available at the link below and at Repositories in the Study Area.
