Michigan: Construction of a $500 million tunnel to house a new Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac is constitutional, the Court of Claims ruled Thursday.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/10/31/enbridge-line-5-tunnel-constitutional/4113289002/
New phase of preliminary engineering work begins on Gateway tunnel project unaer the Hudson river.
Amtrak is moving forward with engineering work along the proposed pathway of the new Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River.
Santa Barbara Water Agencies Say No to State Water Tunnel Project.
Local water agencies aren’t buying into the new version of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta “twin tunnels” project, and Santa Barbara County members of the State Water Project voted Thursday to opt out entirely.
https://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_barbara_water_agencies_say_no_to_state_water_tunnel_project
Latest state plan would have a single tunnel to move water past the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Seattle abandons Seattle light rail tunnels
https://mynorthwest.com/1569182/sound-transit-abandons-pricey-seattle-light-rail-tunnels/
SEATTLE (AP) -- Sound Transit board members have abandoned ideas for a $450 million tunnel into Seattle's historic central Ballard, a $200 million bored
Scots pensioners forced out home after £100m super sewer damages house
Stephen Docherty's home suffered £70k of damage due to Shieldhall Tunnel but he says Scottish Water has left him out to dry.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/100m-super-sewer-forces-family-20654352
#sloppy #tunnelling #scottishWater
Stephen Docherty's home suffered £70k of damage due to Shieldhall Tunnel but he says Scottish Water has left him out to dry.
As three new stations open on the St Petersburg Metro, the Russian Federal Government and the authorities of St Petersburg plan to further accelerate the expansion of the metro this year,
https://www.tunneltalk.com/Russia-17Oct2019-St-Petersburg-Metro-continues-expansion.php
Following the long-awaited opening of three stations on the St Petersburg Metro Frunze radius line, city authorities plan to accelerate the metro expansion
Oslo chooses tunnel boring machines instead of drill and blast
https://www.tunneltalk.com/Norway-17Oct2019-TBMs-to-excavate-Oslo-water-supply-conveyance.php
A 19km long water supply tunnel for the city of Oslo is designed as a double shield TBM with a precast segmental lining operation and as a repeat of the successful application of method used recently on the Follo Line railway project in Norway
Veidekke ASA and Bane NOR have signed a contract for the construction of the Skogertunnelen, a new double-track tunnel from Drammen to Kobbervikdalen on Norway's Vestfoldbanen railway. The design and build contract has a contract value of US$175M....
After Ghella, another Italian company, Salini Impregilo enters the Norwegian market
https://tunnellingjournal.com/salini-impregilo-enters-norwegian-market/
#italy #norway
Salini Impregilo has entered the Norwegian market for the first time with the signing of a €388M civil works contract to upgrade a 13.6km section of a rail line between the towns of Nykirke and Barkaker south of Oslo. Salini Impregilo, which heads a...
Bidders For #Gozo #Tunnel Will Make Themselves Known ‘In Coming Weeks’
https://lovinmalta.com/news/bidders-for-gozo-tunnel-will-make-themselves-known-in-coming-weeks/
#Malta #tunnels
Construction companies vying for the multi-million contract to build the Gozo tunnel will make themselves known in the coming weeks, the government has revealed
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