Tutor Perini to build NYC box tunnel
11 July 2013Amtrak awarded a USD 133M contract to Tutor Perini to construct an underground concrete casing beneath the Eastern Rail Yard of the Hudson Yards site in New York City.
The tunnel box has been funded through a Federal Transit Administration Hurricane Sandy relief allocation. The project is a key element of Amtrak's Gateway Program and will preserve an underground right-of-way for possible future expansion of rail service via two new tunnels underneath the Hudson River between New Jersey and Penn Station, New York.
The box tunnel will measure approximately 800ft (244m) long, 50ft (15m) wide, and 35ft (11m) tall, and will extend underground from 10th Avenue to 11th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets. Construction is expected to begin in August 2013 and substantial completion is expected in late 2014.
The contract value will be included as part of the Company's reported second quarter backlog.
