The next major work in a $364 million project to fix damage and flood proof the Holland Tunnel will close it overnight to New Jersey starting in Feburary.
Drivers using the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey overnight will need to find another way to cross the Hudson River for six days each week until 2025, starting on Feb. 5 when the Jersey bound tube begins closing for Hurricane Sandy related repairs.
and up to 9 feet of flooding above the north tube roadway that was caused by the October 2012 hurricane. About 84% of the work is federally funded. The schedule announced Tuesday by Port Authority officials calls for closing the New Jersey bound tunnels from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sundays to Thursdays, and from 11:59 p.m. to 9 a.m. Friday nights into Saturday mornings. The tunnel will remain open on Saturday nights.
The permanent work to be done during the next two years will fix or replace damaged components, including safety walks and walls inside the tunnel, and curb drains; as well as structural steel, wall tiles and weep holes in the tunnel structure and granite block retaining walls in the New Jersey portals.
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