New York and New Jersey have sued the Trump administration for freezing $16 billion in federal funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River between the two states, seeking a quick ruling because construction underway could be halted as early as Friday.

The federal government hasn’t released funding frozen during last October’s government shutdown.

The $16 billion project, which connects trains running from New Jersey to New York, has been called the most important infrastructure project in the nation.

New York and New Jersey sued the Trump administration late Tuesday, demanding the full restoration of billions of dollars in federal funding for construction of the Gateway Project’s Hudson River Tunnel.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The commission overseeing a massive $16 billion Hudson River tunnel, the linchpin of rail travel between New York and New Jersey, filed suit to force the Trump administration to restore funding just days before construction is set to halt on Friday.

The Gateway Development Commission said that if the federal government continued to withhold funding for a rail link under the Hudson River, it would have to stop construction this week.

A worker was fatally injured at a site in Manhattan's Hudson Yards for the Gateway tunnel project on Oct. 23, according to the Gateway Development Commission, Amtrak and Related Companies. The incident took place at the Hudson Yards Concrete Casing project ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Lane closures are scheduled for several bridges and tunnels from Jan. 23 through Jan. 30, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Among those crossings is the Outerbridge Crossing linking the South Shore to New Jersey.