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    • Kris Lubcek

      Hinkley Point C tunnel boring work starts beneath Bristol Channel seabed

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcjeRUlAY88 Work has begun at Hinkley Point C this week to install 38,000 concrete segments required to support the three underground marine tunnels at up to 33 metres below the seabed of the Bristol Channel. These tunnels are part of the nuclear power station b...

      Tags: Balfour Beatty, united kingdom, britain

      • Keith Keloe

        New pictures reveal work on London super sewer

        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 1...

        Tags: UK, Britain

        • Arie van den Broek

          Measures will be taken to prevent train derailment by ice forming at Blea Moor Tunnel

            Blea Moor Tunnel in the Yorkshire Dales will be fitted with ice prevention covers to prevent an event similar to 2010 derailment when a train riding at 70mph hit a huge block of ice. Although regular checks were introduced after the event, experts are worried about "ice chandeliers...

          Tags: Britain

          • Coert Klomp

            Link complete for Tideway to join London’s existing sewage network https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tideway-super-sewer-linked-to-londons-existing-sewage-network-29-01-2020/ #Britain #London #tunnel

            Tags: Britain, London, Britain, London, tunnel

            • Kris Lubcek

              "Stonehenge Tunnel Plans are to be cancelled"

                Salisbury Journal claims the plans for the Stonehenge tunnel set to be scrapped. The journal says the reason for the cancellation of the project is the high costs. The 1.8 mile long tunnel was expected to cost over £2 billion. Supposedly Boris Johnson is not prepared to pay for it...

              Tags: Britain, United Kingdom

              • Keith Keloe

                Liberal Democrats call Silvertown tunnel an ‘environmental betrayal’ and ramp up campaign to get it scrapped

                  Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor, Siobhan Benita, is ramping up her campaign for getting the Silvertown tunnel scrapped before the May election, calling the project an  “environmental betrayal". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/02/silvertown-tu...

                Tags: Britain

                • Kris Lubcek

                  HS2: Boris Johnson should ditch HS2 and build quicker Elon Musk hyperloop – expert

                  The expert in question is 'Daniel Carbonell, technical director of HYP-ED, a student team based at the University of Edinburgh' and he does believe that the "British Government has still missed a trick". He believes Boris Johnson should have gone instead for a hyperloop netwo...

                  Tags: Britain

                  • Kris Lubcek

                    Stonehenge Tunnel gets approval

                      Despite earlier rumours for cancellation, the Stonehenge A303 tunnel is approved. Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor commits to £2bn plan to divert traffic under World Heritage site. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-51838402  

                    Tags: Britain

                    • Coert Klomp

                      Lower Thames Crossing funding included in the budget

                      The Lower Thames Crossing will be a new connection between the counties of Kent and Essex. Critical part of the new route will be a twin bore tunnel crossing under the River Thames east of Gravesend and Tilbury. The crossing itself will cost £6.8 billion, but investment in local road...

                      Tags: United Kingdom, Britain, England, London, London tunnels

                      • Coert Klomp

                        Thames Tideway: River bed is dredged to allow barges navigate

                          In London's 25km long "super sewer" Thames Tideway tunnel project, dredging the river bed at Deptford Creek has begun. The idea is to make it deep enough, so that the barges carrying TBM excavated ground can operate. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tideway-river...

                        Tags: Britain