Gateway Tunnel construction may resume after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump's funding freeze for New York and New Jersey's $16 billion infrastructure project.

Attorneys with New Jersey and New York want a judge to order the Trump administration to release federal funding for the Gateway project.

Construction workers leaving the Hudson Tunnel worksite in New York City had no idea if or when they would return.

Work on the Gateway Tunnel Project, the $16 billion plan intended to create a new set of rail tunnels under the Hudson River connecting New York and New Jersey, began to wind down after the Trump

Trump told Schumer he'd drop his freeze on billions of federal dollars for the New York tunnel project — the long-planned Gateway project connecting NY and NJ under the Hudson River — under Trump's condition Penn Station is named for him.

A prolonged work stoppage could lead to thousands of job losses and set back one the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the US

The money for the critical Gateway Project is set to run out after the Trump administration pulled federal funding. Reports said Trump will restore funding if Penn Station and Washington's Dulles Airport are named after him.

Under gray skies at the Hudson River tunnel site, New Jersey’s Democratic congressional delegation joined construction workers in hard hats Friday as Gov. Mikie Sherrill pledged to keep the Gateway tunnel project alive.