“2023 was a vitally important year for the Hudson Tunnel Project. This year, together with all of you and our partners, the Gateway Development Commission moved HTP from aspirational to unstoppable,” Gateway Development Commission CEO Kris Kolluri wrote in his end-of-year letter to commissioners of the organization.

Last year was certainly a memorable one for Kolluri and his organization, which is overseeing the long-awaited, much-delayed project to construct a second set of tubes connecting New Jersey and New York. Construction started on both sides of the Hudson in 2023 and a number of funding and logistical hurdles were cleared. GDC and Kolluri enter 2024 with a head of steam – working toward a full-funding grant agreement and continued progress to bring the once left-for-dead project to fruition.

“We are entering 2024 on a strong footing, with critical early works components in progress, construction management agreements in place, and the organizational capacity to tackle the next big challenges,” said Kolluri.

And his GDC colleagues stress the impact Kolluri has had on the organization and the project.

“As soon as Kris Kolluri, our CEO, came in and really ramped up the efforts on growing GDC as an organization in every area – financial, legal, technical, etc. – we got more done last year than I think ever before,” said Balpreet Grewal-Virk, GDC NJ commissioner and co-chair, during a recent interview with the NJBIZ Editorial Board. “We have tremendous momentum because of that.”