The project, known as RestoredWaters RI, consists of a 2.2-mile long, 125-foot deep tunnel, which will store and transport storm-related sewage to the NBC’s Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility for full...
The Maryland Department of Transport (MDOT) and Amtrak will execute the $4bn project in a phased manner to build two new high-capacity tunnel tubes.
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/amtrak-baltimore-potomac-tunnel/
State officials say they need consultants to continue oversight work left by the construction team that quit...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2021/06/11/maryland-purple-line/
How long can Israel afford to give huge contracts to Chinese companies (China Communications Construction Group, China Railway Construction Company - CRCC, China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - CCECC, you name it) which are banned...
Construction of Vegas Loop will be quick, but not that quick.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/vegas-loop-tunnel-system-could-be-a-couple-of-years-away-2373499/
A presentation to MBTA (The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) board estimates that, connecting the Red and Blue Lines of Boston via a 2000-foot tunnel (so-called `Red-BlueConnector) will cost $850 million and take a decade to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74jTYyc0S8
Promising transparency, The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) releases details for the next steps for its light-rail line currently under construction. It includes trains could be...
Excavation of the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) in Washington, D.C., a joint-venture project valued at $580 million being constructed by The Lane Construction Corporation and its parent company, Webuild Group (formerly Salini...
In my mailbox:
Lane Construction Wins $258 Million Kansas City Flood Protection Project
The Lane Construction Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Webuild Group, announced it has been awarded the Kansas City Levees Flood Risk Management...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfoc5ttpkg
Some folks think that at 90 feet underground, some of BART's new South Bay platform plans, built underneath VTA's tunnel system, is not rider...
Following is VTA's shortlist for BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project contractors:
The BART Silicon Valley Phase II Tunnel Partners (B2TP), a Joint Venture between Acciona Construction Corp USA (Acciona), FCC Construcción S.A. (FCC)...
You can't disagree with this,
'Tunnel boring machines are a key tool in urban development, which makes them anything but boring.'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2021/05/18/how-to-dig-a-tunnel/?sh=31ea0bda7f41
After waiting three years for it, a coveted federal approval that would allow engineering to start on the long awaited Gateway Tunnels under the Hudson River is expected to be issued in two...
Again.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/05/09/metro/maybe-this-time-mgh-mbta-have-held-detailed-discussions-about-connecting-red-blue-lines/
addendum:
For those who don't have Boston Globe subscription, MSN got the news, free of...
For three years, "Chris" has been digging a five-mile long tunnel, 100 feet below the surface of D.C.
https://www.wjla.com/news/local/a-huge-machine-just-spent-3-years-underneath-dc-digging-a-5-mile-long-tunnel-heres-why
The Texas House approved a bill Wednesday that paves the way for the construction of tunnels for light-rail trains under two state-owned parks in downtown...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM5bxxGEQLo
Biden talks at Amtrak's 50th anniversary and promises "good paying jobs" and a "great economy". He just wants the nation to pay $2.3 trillion for it.
I am all for it, except...
Recent studies show a route through Crest Canyon is the highest rated of five potential choices for a railroad tunnel that would take the railroad tracks off the eroding coastal bluffs in Del...
Chris the TBM completed its boring of the 5-mile long, 23-ft. wide tunnel that will soon prevent sewage overflows into the Anacostia River and stop flooding in low-lying neighborhoods, writes Jacob Fenston from DCist. A comprehensive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUqF1b7RRMo
The Tunnel Boring Machine Mudhoney is named after the famed rock band of Seattle. It will bore the tunnel of 2.7 miles, according to Lane Construction.
The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)...