Since the devastating Hurricane Sandy in the fall of 2012, the Holland Tunnel has required repairs that will now close it 6 nights a week through 2025 in the NY-NJ direction, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced. ).
Also announced today is the visit of President Joe Biden to New York to meet with Governor Katy Hochul and confirm $292 million federal dollars that will finance the construction of two railway tunnels in the so-called “Hudson Tunnel Project”, covering 4½ miles between Penn Station (NYC) and the Secaucus station in New Jersey, said Daily News.
As a vital communication artery between New York and neighboring New Jersey, an estimated 100,000 vehicles pass through the Holland Tunnel every day, making it one of the busiest automotive tunnels in the world, he noted. Pix11.
The closures will begin this Sunday, February 5, and will last until the end of 2025, the Port Authority announced, promising that work will make driving “better and safer” in this 95-year-old tunnel that has run under the Hudson River since November 1927. .
The NY-NJ closure will apply at the following times:
-Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 pm to 5:30 am the following day.
-Friday from 11:59 pm to 9:00 am on Saturday.
-Saturday night is the only one that does not have scheduled closures at the moment.
As alternatives, the Lincoln Tunnel (Midtown) -the most trafficked in the world- and the George Washington Bridge (Upper Manhattan) will remain active, as well as the PATH subway and ferries. There’s also