Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT have announced that they will be moving forward with initial construction for the Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project.
The project has been given the green light following the receipt of a 133 million USD Federal-State Partnership grant for ‘enabling components’, which are expected to support critical improvements along the Northeast Corridor and deliver both long-term reliability and operational benefits for more than 200,000 daily customers.
Ultimately, the new structure is planned to replace infrastructure that is almost 120 years old, and forms part of a wider series of transformative investments designed to strengthen the nation’s busiest passenger rail corridor.
Earlier this year, Amtrak applied for 3 billion USD worth of federal funding that would be used to advance additional rail infrastructure upgrades for the region, including future construction funding for the Sawtooth Bridges Project.
