Passaic River Flood Tunnel

The tunnel would provide relief to an area that experiences severe flooding events which cause tens of millions in property damage and disruption to lives.

The tunnel would stretch from the Wayne, New Jersey area to Newark Bay, a distance of approximately twenty miles.

After several failed proposals over the decades, the modern vision of the Passaic River Flood Tunnel took shape in the mid 1980s as the State of New Jersey selected a modified Army Corps of Engineers preferred alternative: The Pompton/Passaic Dual Inlet Tunnel Diversion Plan.

A 1.2-mile-long (1.9 km) spur would carry floodwaters from an inlet along the Passaic River, downstream from Two Bridges, to a connection with the main tunnel beneath the borough of Totowa, New Jersey.

The State and Federal governments prefer to buy out properties in the Passaic River Basin that are prone to flooding, rather than embarking on a large-scale engineering and construction project such as the proposed flood-control.