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The Seattle Times The Seattle Times

Mighty drill bites into Hudson River rock for new NYC: NJ tunnel

There's something grounding about watching a machine do the hard work of connecting people. A giant drill has started boring a new train tunnel under the Hudson River, linking Manhattan to New Jersey. That's real progress, not just a plan on paper, but a cutter biting into rock right now. I like that. Too often we talk about infrastructure like it's abstract. This isn't. It's a tunnel being built, slowly and steadily, for the people who'll ride through it years from now. That kind of long-term thinking feels rare, and it matters. It also makes me think about how we build things closer to home. Washington state just sent $7.45 million to help towns rebuild after floods and fires, another kind of digging in and showing up. Both stories are about investing in places so they work better for the people living there. That's a thread worth following. The tunnel project is loud, expensive, and years from finished. But it's happening. That's the kind of news that makes me feel like someone's looking ahead, not just reacting. Lowkey inspiring.