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Rescue of $3M boring machine trapped under Toronto street delayed again as recovery costs skyrocket
cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
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cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
Copyright 2019-2024 TunnelContact.com
Finally the Old Mill Drive Tunnel Boring Machine has been "rescued".
It is not yet known how much taxpayers' money has been used. The latest estimate was $25 Million to recover the $3 Million TBM.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/boring-machine-freed-old-mill-sewer-1.6992520
19 months and millions of dollars later, boring machine trapped under Toronto is finally freed | CBC News
www.cbc.caOn Wednesday, a crew removed the last section of a boring machine trapped 18 metres beneath a west Toronto neighbourhood since spring 2022, finally ending a saga that will likely cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.