Details of the Gateway tunnel program's current status have been light since the government recently reopened.

The Trump administration has threatened the Gateway program with termination and is withholding funding while investigating its minority business program.

The fits and starts of past and current Hudson River tunnel projects have made officials cautious about the Gateway program.

Those close to the Gateway rail tunnel project are trying to avoid any sudden movements, fearful that President Donald Trump would utter the “T” word again.

Last month — at the height of tensions amid the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history — Trump made a vague threat to “terminate” the $16 billion program to build a new two-track rail tunnel under the Hudson River and repair the 115-

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