Work began on the super sewer in 2016 and the project is expected to cost £3.8 billion, Tideway said.So far 6km of of the 25 kilometer long super sewer tunnel has been built, with four TBMs in the ground, while 1.6 million tonnes of rubble and debris have been removed by river, saving 100,000 lorry trips,
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-12/new-pictures-reveal-work-on-london-super-sewer/
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The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer, urgently needed to protect the tidal River Thames from increasing pollution caused by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) discharging sewage into the river.
At 25km in length, up to 7.2m in diameter...
cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
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Thames Tideway Tunnel Team Wins Ground Engineering Award
tunnelingonline.comThe joint venture of Costain, VINCI and Bachy Soletanche has been awarded the Brownfield Redevelopment Project of the Year trophy.