Jersey businesses discuss viability of a tunnel between the Channel Islands and France
A Jersey Chamber of Commerce meeting this morning (5 March) heard how feasible an undersea tunnel is in terms of cost and what benefits such a project could bring. https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2024-03-05/jersey-businesses-hear-from-experts-on-channel-island-to-france-tunnelFrance: Mont Blanc tunnel to be closed for more than three months
For 'extensive renovation work', the Mont Blanc tunnel between France and Italy will be closed for 15 consecutive weeks starting from Sept 4 this year. https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Mont-Blanc-tunnel-to-be-closed-for-more-than-three-monthsFrance: Contracts awarded for new Paris metro line 17, line 16 construction advances
Société du Grand Paris has awarded two major contracts for work on line 17, fo..., and Charles de Gaulle Airport, while tunnelling construction advances for line 16. http...and-paris-awards-contracts-for-line-17-as-line-16-constr...Italy - France : Mont Cenis’ Herrenknecht gripper TBM unveiled
The 10.4m diameter gripper TBM will excavate the central part of the Mont Cenis base tunnel between the Villarodin/Bourget-Modane access adit in France and the Clarea underground safety site in Italy. https://tunnellingjournal.com/mont-cenis-herrenknecht-gripper-tbm-unveiled/France: Finally a breakthrough on the Tende Tunnel with the Italian side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAa6RTbkJE French and the Italian teams excava...but Italians want it in Spring 2024. What will it be? https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/france-et-italie-se-voient-depuis-lu...France - A worker seriously injured on the construction site of the Lyon-Turin tunnel
In a work accident, a worker's legs were seriously injured at the construction site of the Lyon-Turin tunnel...ie. A pressured water pipe of a construction machine has burst, throwing t...worker to the wall. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-jus...Balfour Beatty VINCI celebrates launch of TBM for second bore on HS2
The 2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ sets off for second tunn...st time a TBM has been reused https://www.balfourbeatty.com/news/balfour-beatty-vinci-...Construction to start soon on $3.8B Hampton Roads Tunnel-Bridge project
Twin two-lane tunnels will accommodate four lanes of traffic for a tot.... The design-build team includes Dragados USA, Vinci Construction, Flatiron Constructors, Dodin...website: http://hrbtexpansion.org/ https://www.constr...
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