Infrastructure

A year after abandoned mine collapses caused multiple sinkholes and months of disruption along I-80 in Wharton, New Jersey is looking beyond emergency repairs. New proposals would establish permanent abandoned-mine reclamation programs to identify dangerous underground voids, prioritize risks to roads and utilities, and stabilize problem areas before another collapse occurs. We look back at the I-80 emergency — and what New Jersey is doing to address the problem beneath its infrastructure.

Two years ago today, the Gateway Development Commission secured the full funding needed to advance the Hudson Tunnel Project—one of the largest infrastructure investments in U.S. history. Since then, construction has continued across multiple Gateway Program projects, moving New Jersey and New York closer to a modern, more reliable rail connection beneath the Hudson River.