Reply on topic: A tunnel is "the most likely option" for the second crossing for Auckland Harbour
A light rail connection from Albany in Auckland’s north to the airport in the south is one of the options being weighed up for future crossings of the Waitematā Harbour. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123475194/auckland-light-rail-link-from-albany-to-airport-detailed-in-new-reportAuckland harbour crossing: Planners want $5b rail tunnel a decade before any new road link
...d's biggest city, transport officials want a rail tunnel under the Auckland harbour a decade before any r...rate reporting by stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300148597/auckland-harbour-crossing-planners-wan...Reply on topic: Auckland is getting ready for the City Rail Link tunnelling:
...Link construction activities are releasing a cancer-causing dust from Auckland’s volcanic bedrock, acc...//www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300057406/cancercausing-dust-beneath-auckland-stirred-by-construction-scien...Skilled labour shortages hit Auckland infrastructure projects
The Central Interceptor (14.7km long sewer tunnel) project is among the effected by the labor shortages. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300368479/skilled-labour-shortages-hit-auckland-infrastructure-projectsAuckland's $4.4b City Rail Link needs extra $6.7b to fullfill its potential
Official documents say the CRL will require "significant accompanying investment" to go from 15,000 people per hour today to 54,000 people. https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/auckland/rail-shock-aucklands-4-4b-city-rail-link-needs-6-7b-more-to-reach-its-potential/MTBM Domenica will start boring from the 55m deep shaft for Auckland's Central Interceptor
...ine (MTBM) to start its drive as part of a major wastewater project in Auckland, New Zealand. https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/pipejacking-to-begin-on-aucklands-major-sewer-scheme-30-04-202...
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