GROUND BROKEN FOR NJ-NYC COMMUTER RAIL TUNNEL by Ken Mahoney

GROUND BROKEN FOR NJ-NYC COMMUTER RAIL TUNNEL by Ken Mahoney

Construction starts today on a new tunnel to New York City, this one between North Bergen, New Jersey and Manhattan. The commuter-rail tunnel, expected to open about eight years from now, is billed as the nation’s largest transportation project, with an $8.7-billion price-tag. By contrast, the Holland Tunnel – opened in 1927 – cost $54-million. And the Lincoln Tunnel opened ten years later at an initial construction cost of $75-million.