Doubts cast over Spain-Morocco undersea tunnel plan
Middle East Online - London,UK
MADRID - A new geological study has cast doubt on the feasibility of a project to build an undersea rail tunnel across the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain
Tunnel breakthrough on congestion busting Busway
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Tunnel boring at the Boggo Road Busway has been completed marking a major milestone for the congestion busting project.
Metro extension ready in 2010
ANA - Athens,Greece
Souflias visited the construction site at the Ilioupolis station, as the tunnel boring machine arrived at the station.
Metro Line 2 extension fails to follow schedule
Kathimerini - Athens,Greece
… one of four (Ilioupolis, Alimos, Argyroupolis and Hellenikon) currently under construction, where the tunnel-boring machine broke through yesterday.
Streams go to work for green power sector
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Whitewater kayakers were opposed as well, on the premise that water diverted into the hydro project’s tunnel would rob them of the flow volume they deem
One Tunnel, Two Views of the Future
New York Times - United States
By JIM DWYER Right now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is digging a subway tunnel down a short piece of Second Avenue
World’s longest rail tunnel in Kashmir
By shantan
When he asked about the job opportunities the project would provide to Kashmiri youth, Northern Railway authorities told Vohra that once completed, it would generate direct employment for 3900 people in the valley
Glendoe nears completion
International Water Power and Dam Construction - London,UK
An 8.6km tunnel, 4m in diameter, will collect water and bring it into the reservoir while 8km of tunnels, 5km in diameter
Jacobs Wins Contracts
Los Angeles Business Journal (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
That is a $270 million water supply project in the San Francisco Bay area, of which Jacobs’ contract comprises $18 million.
$1.5 Billion LBJ Tollway Tunnel To Break Ground In 2009
NBC5i.com - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Future plans for LBJ Freeway in North Dallas include a new, $1.5 billion tollway tunnel to speed traffic through the congested area leading from downtown
What happened to the Big Bang machine?
BBC News - UK
Serious difficulties were encountered when boring an artificial cavern designed to house the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), one of the LHC’s massive detectors
Simple Ambition
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
Ayala Boring uses tunnel boring machines that drill the hole and line it with pipe in one step. Long sections of pipe are welded together
Supporters make another push for tunnel under Tysons Corner …
The cost estimate for the first phase of the project that includes the Tysons Corner tunnel option is $2.4 billion, about the same estimate for the aerial
Tunnel blaze ‘worse than 1996′ - extent of damage revealed
Kent Online - United Kingdom
A fire pump enters the Channel Tunnel to help extinguish the blaze. Picture: Chris Denham by political editor Paul Francis The damage done to the Channel
| Quest for ‘Big Bang’ delayed by fault in Hadron Collider Independent - London,England,UK … helium also leaked into the tunnel. Scientists had hoped to move on to the next stage of the project – making the beams collide head-on – next week |
Mayor wants to close Heathrow
Times Online - UK
… the Channel tunnel and all the rest of it, we can do this,” said Kit Malthouse, one of Johnson’s deputies, who is overseeing the airport project.
Turkish Transportation Ministry is planning to sink the last tube …
Haber 27 - Gaziantep,Turkey
Officials with the ministry told on Friday that tunnel No.1, which would be sunken under the water, would be the 11th and the last tube tunnel of Marmaray
Neighborhood evacuated for final tube in Marmaray
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
The last tube tunnel in the Marmaray project, which will be the first underwater tube to connect Europe and Asia beneath Bosporus, will be sunk
DOH: Tile Work Finished, Tunnel Project 75 Percent Complete
WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA
After months of detours and driver headaches, the West Virginia Division of Highways assures the end of the eastbound tunnel project
MacTiernan welcomes ruling on Perth to Mandurah railway
ABC Online - Australia
… arguing the Public Transport Authority did not compensate them for cost over runs on the construction of the city tunnel part of the project.
Chief thanks tunnel blaze staff
BBC News - UK
Crews and staff who helped tackle the blaze in the Channel Tunnel are being thanked by Kent’s chief fire officer
Highway construction resumes
China Daily - China
Workers began digging a tunnel through a snow-covered mountain in Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday, marking the resumption of a road construction project
Seven killed in tunnel collapse in Nantou
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
The death toll in the wake of typhoon Sinlaku rose sharply after rescue workers pulled seven bodies from under the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Nantou
Highway construction resumes for China’s last road less county in …
Xinhua - China
More than 20 advanced pieces of machinery were being used to dig the tunnel, part of the 117-km highway project.
Turkey’s Bosporus Tunnel Won’t Be Ready Before 2011, Vatan Says
Bloomberg - USA
15 (Bloomberg) — A rail tunnel linking Istanbul’s European and Asian sides won’t be completed until 2011, after archaeological discoveries
Prime Minister witnesses start of construction of new Asturias …
Typically Spanish - Malaga,Spain
The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zaptero, yesterday went to witness the start of the perforation of the tunnel which will link Madrid to Asturias
Chinese to build power station
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
Sangoro Power plant is located five kilometres down stream at the end of Sondu/Miriu Hydro Power project tunnel
Tunnel Reopens After Fire
Sky News - UK
Passenger trains are running through the Channel Tunnel again after it was closed by fire - but services will be limited for some time
Kashmir rail project to have world’s longest rail tunnel
Jammu and Cashmere Governor NN Vohra weekday conducted an aery analyse of the upcoming 10.96-km Pir Panchal kick tunnel, which is ordered to embellish the world’s long line tunnel. Considered the long in the Amerindic Railway network
Site tracks progress on new tunnel into Manhattan
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
By Judy Rife NEWARK — NJ Transit and the Port Authority have updated the Web site for their $7.6 billion project to double commuter rail capacity to Midtown
Major setback for Amsterdam subway project
The Associated Press -
Once everything is ready, two giant drills, each 23 feet in diameter, will tunnel through the city, with machines laying concrete tunnel walls behind them
Channel Tunnel Videos
Sky News - UK
Lorry drivers have told how they had to smash their way out of the burning train which caught fire in the Channel Tunnel.
Amazing underground Lakes and Rivers
First glimpse of tunnel vision
Midhurst and Petworth Today - Midhurst,England,UK
… at peak times, can currently take 40 minutes of steering wheel-drumming agony – the Hindhead crossroads and the Devil’s Punch Bowl
40 feet done in tunnel project
Journal and Courier - Lafayette,IN,USA
Construction crews plan to dig a tunnel big enough to drive a car through under Second Street. The project should be completed by July 2009
FTA Tells MWAA to Move Ahead with Dulles Rail Pre-Construction Work
By Dewita Soeharjono
… told the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority that it can move ahead with pre-construction and site preparation work where a 2100-foot tunnel will be built as part of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project in Tysons Corner.
Tunneling Machine’s five-year journey Ends
Water and Wastewater - Jacksonville Beach,FL,USA
By Bob Muir DEVIL CANYON, CA — A 450-foot tunnel-boring machine emerged from under the San Bernardino Mountains today
Thessaloniki assured it is on track for metro by 2012
Kathimerini - Athens,Greece
Members of the company undertaking the construction of a metro in Thessaloniki yesterday gathered around the tunnel boring machine
North Shore tunnel borer embarks on return trip
Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA
The tunnel-boring machine started the second transit tunnel Thursday morning from Downtown to the North Shore alongside the tube it completed in July
Black hole on earth: unfounded fear?
Merinews - New Delhi,India
A project has been built unobtrusively underground. It is believed a sum of Rs 31000 crores has been spent in creating a tunnel.
West is best for tunnel
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
The estimated cost of stage one of the west-east road/tunnel project was $2 billion, with two options for the western end of the 18km road
Second tunnel for W Cape road link
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
It is estimated the project would contribute an extra R963 000 annually in toll income and would have an expected capital value of R1.2bn.
All eyes on collider as it comes to life
Boston Globe - United States
… or entire careers, working on this project. Their excitement is testimony to the importance of the mission: to recreate in an underground tunnel
BUILDING BIG: Databank: Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig)
Building Big Databank entry on Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig)
CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang
The Associated Press -
The first beams of protons will be fired around the 17-mile tunnel to test the controlling strength of the world’s largest superconducting magnets.
Top501 World: Gibraltar Bridge
By Josefina Somtam
Gibraltar Tunnel is envisioned as a rail tunnel that would link Africa and Europe. Tsui’s bridge design has the potential to jump start the entire economy of north Africa and possibly the entire African continent in one project
Size matters !
Bay Today - North Bay,ON,Canada
The new drill demonstrates that in the world of mining North Bay is tops. “At Redpath, we have a long history of delivering innovative products and services
World’s widest tunnel completes digging in Shanghai
Xinhua - China
China’s central government plans to turn the island into a model of an eco-friendly town in the country. Shanghai municipal government is also paying great
Pfaendertunnel in Austria: “Monster TBM” ready to start to drive 7 km of Road-Tunnel. Nice Videos!
Tunnel-boring machine moving again
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Spokesman David Whipkey said the project remains on schedule and the tunnel is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Copsa eyes US$3bn low altitude Trasandino tunnel, suggests …
Business News Americas - Santiago,Chile
Copsa is interested in including a highway tunnel in the project, said Chadwick, adding that the additional cost would be minor
From nickel’s edge to cutting edge - Napa Valley’s wine cave boom
Weekly Calistogan - Calistoga,CA,USA
Principally, it is a system that begins with layering an excavation with fiber-reinforced shotcrete to a thickness of two inches.
Argentina declares support for US$3 billion tunnel
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is promising to help build a 14-mile (23-kilometer) tunnel through the Andes into Chile.
Brenner BBT Newsletter from Austria. Sorry in German language only, but very nice pictures!
