Happy & Healthy New Year for All.

This is what happens when you don't support a tunnel entrance with a snow tunnel:
Avalanche blocks the entrance of the Geitryggtunnelen in Hol commune (Norway)

https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/stort-snoskred-i-hol---tunnel-sperret-av-sno-1.14954925

Merry Christmas to all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X88xNudza88

Trelleborg and a subsidiary of the state-owned CCCC set up a strategic partnership. This will see Trelleborg’s facilities in Ridderkerk, in the Netherlands and Qingdao, China, supply tunnel sealing systems to the landmark Dalian Bay (4,857m) Immersed Tunnel and ShenZhong Link (24km) tunnel projects.

https://www.worldhighways.com/categories/road-highway-structures/news/chinese-tunnel-contract-for-trelleborg/
#Sweden #sealing

The New Ulriken tunnel wins the NCE Tunnelling Festival Tunnelling Project of the Year (between $50M and $500M)
https://tunnelling.newcivilengineer.com/2019-winners

"Ulrikke" keeps boring away deep in the first railway tunnel in Norway being built with a Tunnel Boring Machine.

Bane NOR took over the project in September this year, and will be put into traffic in 2021, Main contractor is Skanske Strabag JV.

https://www.ba.no/tunnel/samferdsel/jernbane/ulriken-tunnelen-fikk-pris/s/5-8-1190651
#Norway #tunnelling

A tunnel may replace the Trondheim's slippery Ila - Flakk road.
Trøndelag county council and the Fosen regional council allocates NOK 1.5 million for a feasibility study, The one-mile stretch of road is considered one of Trøndelag's most dangerous.

https://www.adressa.no/pluss/nyheter/2019/11/09/Skredutsatt-vei-i-Trondheim-kan-bli-lagt-i-tunnel-20289779.ece
#norway

Helsinki Mayor not giving up on underground tunnel
The proposed tunnel from Sörnäinen to the West Harbour was rejected last week by the city's Urban Environment Board.

Helsinki mayor Jan Vapaavuori has revealed via Twitter and his personal blog that he intends to refer the already-rejected downtown tunnel project back to Helsinki city council for further consideration. The council voted against proceeding with the project in September, and Helsinki city's Urban Environment Board rejected further planning for the underground tunnel project last week.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/helsinki_mayor_not_giving_up_on_underground_tunnel/11026577
#finland #crosscitytunnel

Norway’s rail infrastructure manager, Bane NOR and the Spanish rail infrastructure manager, Adif, sign a MoU for a closer and more flexible cooperation.
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/91176/bane-nor-adif-cooperation-agreement/

Folks, Don't miss this: https://tunnelcontact.com/events/event/view/1435/retc2019-rapid-excavation-and-tunneling-conference-2019