Governor Sherrill joined the Gateway Development Commission in announcing the launch of the first tunnel boring for the Hudson Tunnel Project, the first new rail tunnel under the Hudson River in more than a century.
The first tunnel boring machine is set to launch in the coming days. Sherrill said the project serves the nearly 200,000 passengers who depend on the current century-old tunnel every day.
"Launching the first tunnel boring machine marks a major step forward for the Gateway Program and for the nearly 200,000 passengers who depend on the current century-old tunnel every day," Sherrill said.
Sherrill noted her long-standing support for the project, saying she was proud to be known as the "tunnel-obsessed Congresswoman" and is "just as proud to be the 'tunnel-obsessed Governor.'"
"We have beaten the Trump Administration's efforts to stop Gateway five times, and we will keep fighting for the commuters, workers, and families who need us to finish the most important infrastructure project in the country," she said. "This tunnel boring machine moves in one direction: forward. So will we."