Sunak has canceled the northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, blaming a doubling in costs for the decision.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/4/uk-tory-conference-live-news-rishi-sunak-to-address-hs2-controversy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqfex4L0g6Q
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Landmark moment for London Power Tunnels project as 140-tonne boring machine emerges at Eltham site following final subterranean journey
Breakthrough marks...
The start of operations in the Ligerz Tunnel, at the southern foot of the Jura Railway line in Switzerland, has been postponed by three years to the end of 2029.
(SBB saysthis is because of protests, appeals and new environmental...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64BpHDHLgWw
Project uses state-of-the-art 8.98 meter diameter Tunnel Boring Machines from China.
The twin-bore tunnels fall under the alignment of China Communications Construction Company (CCC) ECRL Project...
To improve traffic flow and reduce carbon emissions caused by vehicle petrol wastage, Arah Moden Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur City Centre Property Holdings Bhd) appointed us [ARUP] as the engineer to redesign Lorong Kuda into a new...
The authorities in Italy's northwestern Val d'Aosta region and France's Upper Savoy region linked by the Mont Blanc road tunnel have discussed its proposed closure "for a maximum of nine weeks to allow work to be carried out that...
Water sources, springs dry and Kerontang residents have to walk long distances to get water from a river. Residents complain it is related to tunnel works in connection of Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train Project. Water started to dry up...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering axing part of the HS2 rail link between Birmingham and Manchester due to the soaring cost of the...
The company behind the HS2 high speed rail link has revealed that its longest (16km) tunnel is now 75% complete.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66897000
Italian company Webuild unveiled the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) it will use to bore tunnels for a high capacity railway line in Sicily.
The TBM has diameter of 9.36 meters and weighs around 900 tons. It has been manufactured by a Chinese...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXUCZqdxLQ
Italian company Webuild finishes another tunnel work with success.
The new Facchini 1 tunnel has been activated on August 11; it is included in the route of the Terzo Valico dei Giovi - Genoa...
Contractor of an over-budget tunnel project is given more money to fix its problems
https://theshiftnews.com/2023/09/11/e17-million-restored-tunnels-failing-contractor-given-e350000-to-repair/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rjo7SpKxuo
Mercedes Gómez Villamarín reviewed the operation of the electromechanical equipment used for the operation of the tunnel, which includes the ventilation system, energy sources, control...
Network Rail begins £2.5m improvements to the Finnieston tunnel
Network Rail will shortly undertake two weekends of around-the-clock working as part of a £2.5m investment to renew elements of the Finnieston tunnel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDlWcdwj4z0
Consortium of Züblin (owned by Strabag) and Max Bögl have finished tunnelling of total 56 kilometers-long tunnelling in Stuttgart 21 project.
Stuttgart 21 is in Germany a part of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN6MyQfl78Q
E134 Røldal - Seljestad is considered a vital connection between the eastern and western Norway. It also has a 13 kilometer tunnel. It is in the high priority to-do list of Statens vegvesen (the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGq4QPBPcYA
NSW Government has officially cancelled the ill-fated Northern Beaches Link project. The road tunnel project was the pet project of the ex-Premier Berejiklian. Berejiklian had to resign a few years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlaGAzxP9iQ
Contractor PORR announces actual works for the construction of the tunnel from Momaia on Lot 4 of the Sibiu-Pitești highway start in mid-September.
Tunnel will be 1,3km and with 2 tubes. One in each...