Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest rail tunnel, will not return to full operation until September next year due to damage caused by a freight train derailment in August, Swiss authorities have said.
The leader of Dartford Borough Council has urged the government to “get on with” the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) to help cope with the negative effect the at-capacity Dartford Crossing has on the local area.
The Government of Jersey has reignited a decade-old plan to construct a fixed crossing between the channel island and France.
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV (SCS) has started lowering tunnel boring machines (TBMs) into a shaft in Ealing ahead of tunnelling under London in the new year.
The £4.5bn Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer project has reached a milestone with the placement of a concrete lid on the Nine Elms site, the most central on the 25km project.
Improving UK infrastructure to drive economic growth and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable – if the government makes the right policy decisions now, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said.
Construction of a new integrated ticket hall at Elephant & Castle station has been completed to basement level five while preparation for new passenger tunnels is underway.
The government’s decision to re-phase High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston terminus by two years has caused issues with London tunnelling including lost efficiencies, according to a chief engineer on the project.
Tunnelling technology start-up hyperTunnel has signed a deal with engineering firm AmcoGiffen to use its systems in the UK rail sector.
A joint venture of CBNA and Halmar has been awarded a $819M (£671M) contract to design and build a major new sewer tunnel in Washington DC, USA.
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