Needed to fly into the Faroes in 2017 as my dad was unexpectedly disembarked from a cruise due to illness. I was expecting to need to take ferries to get between the airport and the main hospital and was absolutely blown away by the roads running around the islands and then constantly diving below the sea. I imagined the cost had been astronomical and funded by an EU infrastructure fund for undeserved citizens. I've still never seen anything like it 10 years later.
They do get help with the costs from the Danish government tbf (the curious nature of the Danish state means they're not in the EU); but these tunnels are earning assets.
You will be familiar with the reason that the New Austrian Tunnelling Method, suitable only for hard rock, has a poor reputation in the UK. The failure of NATM at Heathrow with the subsequent prosecution of the contractor by the Health & Safety Executive, meant that tunnel boring machines were adopted for construction projects where the soil was loose gravels, sands and clays.
Can’t you go to whoever Burnham appoints as DFT minister? Since this would clearly benefit Manchester/Sheffield I would imagine there would be enthusiasm for such good news!
Needed to fly into the Faroes in 2017 as my dad was unexpectedly disembarked from a cruise due to illness. I was expecting to need to take ferries to get between the airport and the main hospital and was absolutely blown away by the roads running around the islands and then constantly diving below the sea. I imagined the cost had been astronomical and funded by an EU infrastructure fund for undeserved citizens. I've still never seen anything like it 10 years later.
They do get help with the costs from the Danish government tbf (the curious nature of the Danish state means they're not in the EU); but these tunnels are earning assets.
Underserved.... Not undeserved 😂
Of course this is how the mining industry does... mining. There is a vast amount of expertise available to do this.
You will be familiar with the reason that the New Austrian Tunnelling Method, suitable only for hard rock, has a poor reputation in the UK. The failure of NATM at Heathrow with the subsequent prosecution of the contractor by the Health & Safety Executive, meant that tunnel boring machines were adopted for construction projects where the soil was loose gravels, sands and clays.
"Why *I* need to build a tunnel under the Pennines" is quite an eye-catching subhead. All the best for this project Michael, hope it succeeds!
Can’t you go to whoever Burnham appoints as DFT minister? Since this would clearly benefit Manchester/Sheffield I would imagine there would be enthusiasm for such good news!
Wow. If the claims here stand up to analysis, then this is an amazing opportunity. Good luck!
The A3 tunnel at Hindhead was built by NATM. It was the second most expensive tunnel per km in the UK after the Limehouse tunnel