RFP to study Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel connecting NJ and Brooklyn
Tunnel backed by Cuomo and Nadler
The Port Authority will soon be issuing an RFP (Request for Proposals) for a “Tier II” Environmental Impact Study to explore the impact and feasibility of the long-contemplated Cross-Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel connecting Brooklyn to New Jersey.
The project is strongly backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
A Tier I environmental study identified such a tunnel under New York Harbor as one of several possible solutions to alleviate traffic congestion from trucks hauling freight into the city through Manhattan and Staten Island, and connect New York City directly to the national freight rail grid.