Daily Archive for November 20th, 2007

Weekly tunnelproject.com News Wk 47 (Week starts NOV 19th 2007)

tunnelproject.com News in English Language:

BBC News - UK
The accident happened in Badong County, a hilly area next to the dam’s
660km (410 mile) reservoir, where the group were working on a railway
tunnel. …
China’s multi-billion-dollar north-south water project facing delays
AFP -
“Originally the plan was to tunnel 10 metres per day, but so far we have
only dug about 30 metres since tunnelling began in July,” Wang told AFP.
Another $1B Slated for Tunnel
Port Authority To Give $3B To New Hudson Project
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will provide another $1 billion to build a tunnel to carry trains under the Hudson River, bringing its total contribution to the $7.5 billion project to $3 billion

Tunnel Boring Machine begins boring under Manhattan for LIRR East
Last week, the massive Tunnel Boring Machine (which is similar to the TBM above) began tunneling through the Manhattan Schist from the bulkheads of the existing tunnel at 2nd Avenue and 63rd Street (see map) on its way toward Grand

City plans to tunnel 5.4 miles
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
Crews will tunnel the entire length, Tilton said, including under the river. It’s a slow process, using a 75-foot-long boring machine that cuts through rock

US Approves $1.3 Billion for 2nd Avenue Subway
New York Times - United States

tunnelproject.com News in German Language:

EU steckt 5,1 Mrd. Euro in Verkehrsprojekte
Salzburger Nachrichten - Salzburg,Austria
Die größten Einzelposten entfallen auf die beiden geplanten Alpen-Tunnel-Projekte zwischen Österreich und Italien bzw. Frankreich und Italien

Brenner Basis Tunnel und Zulaufstrecken Internationales Symposium
Brenner Basis Tunnel und Zulaufstrecken. Internationales Symposium 1. + 2. März 2007

Brüssel sieht für Brenner-Basistunnel 786 Mio. Euro Förderung vor