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The “Portal” to Better Commuting: Why Your NJ Transit Ride is Changing for the Next Month

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Portal North Bridge Cutover: A Critical Milestone for the Gateway Program

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Ridge3wood NJ, New Jersey commuters, take note: the long-awaited “Portal North Bridge” is entering its final stretch. Amtrak has begun a complex “cutover” process to transfer rail operations from the century-old, notoriously unreliable Portal Bridge to the brand-new, high-level span over the Hackensack River.

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Bergen County Executive Tedesco Gets Rare Look at the $16 Billion Hudson Tunnel Project

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Future of Commuting is Here: Bergen County Executive Tours Gateway Tunnel Site—See Why This $16B Project is the Nation’s Most Critical Infrastructure Upgrade

photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco

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Hackensack NJ, the massive Gateway Program, dubbed the single most critical infrastructure project in the entire country, is moving full steam ahead. To underscore its importance to North Jersey commuters, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco recently took a behind-the-scenes tour of the Hudson Tunnel Project with the Gateway Development Commission (GDC).

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