If approved, the route would include sensitive habitat and environmentalists fear damage... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3138814/china-nepal-rail-link-may-go-through-protected-himalayan-park

  Telefónica, in collaboration with Nokia, Ineco, Stellantis, Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia (CTAG) and SICE, has sensorized and provided 5G coverage to the Cereixal tunnel on the A-6 (Lugo) of the road...

thinking out of the box https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2021/06/08/why-is-ontario-so-keen-on-digging-subway-tunnels.html

Operator Metlink said there was a potential issue and Worksafe New Zealand said there were two incidents of elevated nitrogen dioxide levels in passenger trains that triggered the change in schedule\ reports Stuff. The railway tunnel through New...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7xEiXEIH6Q "We canceled the original design of the inclined shaft in the reserve to dig the tunnel, reducing its footprint by more than 2.6 hectares," We used the heading method -- drilling at the...

The drainage water from the Brenner Base Tunnel could supply Innsbruck city quarters with energy in the future, as being explored by researchers led Graz University of...

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria conducts a research to make tunnels CO2-neutral. The research is conducted at Brenner Base Tunnel. Below is the media release by TU Graz (author is Christoph Pelzl). Brenner Base Tunnel as a...

Dear colleagues, Maybe you read posts on this platform about Manila Metro project. This project will use 25 (twenty five) tunnel boring machines from Japanese TBM manufacturer JIM Technologies Inc. I have interest in Japanese TBM companies....

  The controversial Keystone XL Pipeline is soon to be a 'would be project'.  Biden to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXSc325P_M 68 Tunnels in Norway do not meet the safety standards of the European Union. Norway had 14 years to comply with the EU tunnel safety standards which came into effect in December 2006. Norway had to...

"The persistent myth that it just costs more to build train lines in the U.S. than it does abroad is mostly bunk, a new analysis finds — but costs quickly balloon when we start building them underground, for reasons that researchers...

Salini Impregilo Australia, the main contractor for the Forrestfield Airport tunnel project has been fined $150,000 after a worker got injured when his crane touched high voltage overhead power...

He there, To understand why many people in UK are against the construction of a tunnel under the Stonehenge site, you should read this Smithsonian article. It is short but to the...

Unused highway tunnel between cities Daejeon and Daegu in south Korea is now high tech farm. Using LED lamps. https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?sc=30800019&year=2020&no=1177101

  Station redesigns alone contrubuted around 1 Billion dollars to Metro Tunnel's massive 3.3 Billion dollar cost overruns, says an article published in The...

  The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) aims to reduce emissions of microplastics from road traffic. According to Statens Vegvesen researchers, the biggest source of microplastics is car tires (5,000 tonnes of...

WorkSafe reports show three workers were hospitalised after seriously injuring their hands between May & July, including two subcontractors in just 2...

"mistake by contractors undertaking renovation works" at Lisbon's metro repair. Quite a renovation! https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/roof-collapse-on-lisbons-blue-metro-line-leaves-four-injured/55961

This study evaluates the likelihood of significant damage and collapse of tunnel drop ceilings under blast loading. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0001526

I wonder if there are similar cases in other parts of the world? Tunnel workers will probably be the first ones facing the risk. Researchers in New Zealand warn of erionite, a cancer-causing mineral "worse than asbestos", being released...