Construction of the longest road tunnels ever built in the Australian state of Victoria has moved a step closer to starting with the order of the two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to deliver the work confirmed.
The two 15.6m diameter Herrenknect TBMs will be used to drive the twin bore 6.5km…
The government is to ban tunnelling protests with those convicted facing jail sentences, the home secretary has announced. The new law will see the government tackle what it states is “serious disruption to life” that it claims tunnelling protests can cause. The Home Office described the type of protests as…
The £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel project has reached another milestone as half of the super sewer’s secondary lining has been completed.
It comes a month on from the completion of all tunnelling on Tideway – a 25km system of passages to transport London’s waste, reducing overflows and the amount of untreated…
National Highways has said it does not recognise Thurrock Council's claim that the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) would take away just 4% of traffic from the Dartford Crossing.
Using National Highways data, Thurrock Council has concluded that the £8.2bn proposed crossing will reduce Dartford Crossing traffic by as little as 4%,…
Contractors working on Transport for London’s (TfL) Silvertown Tunnel have ticked off another construction milestone as momentum gathers pace on the project.
With mere months to go before the start of tunnelling this summer, the Riverlinx CJV – a joint venture between Bam Nuttall, Ferrovial Construction and SK Ecoplant – has…
National Highways has named an international consortium as its preferred bidder to build the controversial Stonehenge Tunnel scheme.
A joint venture comprising Spain’s FCC Construcción, Italian firm WeBuild and BeMo Tunnelling from Austria, has been lined up to deliver the £1.25bn contract for the tunnel and main construction work for the…
Italian firm Webuild has celebrated the latest tunnelling breakthrough on the Brenner Base Tunnel project.
The Brenner Base Tunnel, which is still under construction, will be the longest railway tunnel in the world at 64km. It runs under the Alps and will connect Verona, Italy, and Munich, Germany via Innsbruck, Austria.…
Transport for London (TfL) has forecast further cost increases related to patching up the Capital’s ageing surface transport assets.
In total, TfL spent a record £2.9M on implementing interim measures for its road tunnels and bridges during the last year, with a further £3.3M spent on reactive safety measures, agenda papers…
Work has begun on the Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s Danish portal building, where train and road traffic will descend and drive through the 18km-long tunnel to Germany.
This means that for the first time, work has begun on the actual connection to the tunnel. When completed, the tunnel will be the world’s longest…
National Highways has launched a further consultation seeking views on 26 proposed design changes to the Lower Thames Crossing project.
The five-week local refinement consultation gives the public the opportunity to have their say on some local changes to the project proposed following the community impacts consultation held in 2021, before National…
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