Hudson Tunnel Project Could Block High Line Views, Impact Traffic: Official
(DNAINFO) Maya Rajamani | February 22, 2017 — An NJ Transit planner presented updates on the Hudson Tunnel Project to the local community board.
Views of the Hudson River from atop the High Line could be obstructed and traffic snarled by a ventilation shaft that could remain on the West Side for years during construction of a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River, officials said.
The information was revealed during a discussion of the project to add a new Amtrakrail tunnel and rehabilitate the existing Northeast Corridor tunnel as part of the Gateway Program’s Hudson Tunnel Project.
The work will likely involve setting up a temporary construction site and permanent facilities — including a ventilation shaft — on a site between West 29th and 30th streets and 11th and 12th avenues, New Jersey Transit Chief Planner Jeremy Colangelo-Bryan told Community Board 4’s Chelsea Land Use Committee Tuesday.