The contractor will bore a pair of tunnels nearly a mile and build a shaft where another contractor tunneling under the river will meet it.

Gateway Development Commission expects to award a contract worth more than $1 billion next year.

The piece of the project includes construction of a road bridge and utility relocation work to prepare the future rail right-of-way.

The Federal Transit Administration OKed the NJ-NY crossing to advance to the engineering phase of its Capital Investment Grants program.

Three teams, comprising eight firms, were picked by Gateway Commission to submit proposals to serve as project delivery partner for the rail tunnel project between New York and New Jersey.

Largest grant is $292M for concrete casing, part of New York-New Jersey Hudson Tunnel project.

Gateway Development Commission and Amtrak say 80 companies have signed up for an information meeting on the megaproject RFQ process.

Long-awaited project includes $1.8 billion to rehabilitate existing North River tunnel between New York and New Jersey and $9.8 billion for a replacement.