All aboard city rail link again
Ever since 1923 promises of CBD trains have been dangled in front of Aucklanders by various politicians. Ho, ho, ho. What further gifts will Father "Matariki" shower upon us Aucklanders in his much...
View ArticleFrance shunts new TGV projects into a siding
France today abandoned ambitious plans which would almost have doubled its network of high speed railway lines over the next two decades. A cross-party report, accepted by the government, it delayed...
View ArticleBig projects aid revival
$10 billion infrastructure plans for Auckland excite building bosses Building bosses have welcomed the Government's $10 billion Auckland infrastructure plans, saying their sector is in recovery mode....
View ArticleF1 to have licence-style penalty points in 2014
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England, June 28 (Reuters) - Formula One will introduce a licence-style penalty system next season with an immediate race ban slapped on drivers when they rack up more than...
View ArticleThe Fall star Jamie Dornan and wife Amelia Warner step out after confirming...
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View ArticleVanity motorway projects not answer to Auckland transport
Friday, 28 June 2013, 2:16 pm Press Release: Green Party 28 June 2013 Exorbitant vanity motorway projects not the answer to Auckland transport problems The National Government’s Auckland motorway plan...
View ArticlePoint Richmond's Dornan Tunnel project halted again by falling rocks
This the second setback in plans...
View ArticleDon't like tolls? Avoid the tunnels
I just read with great interest the letter from the resident of northern Maryland who complained that now that the Interstate 95 tunnel toll is $8 she will no longer be able to afford to come to...
View ArticleDan Walters: Water bond, tunnels provide new test for Jerry Brown
View All Search for Deals Search local inventory, coupons and more Powered by Recent Headlines Dan Walters: Water bond, tunnels provide new test for Jerry Brown 14 minutes ago Dan Walters:...
View ArticleRosenberg, Fuller Realty want to create jobs by developing business park
Plans to build a business park on 184 acres could spell more jobs for the city of Rosenberg. City officials recently announced a partnership had been formed between the city, the Rosenberg Development...
View ArticleJapanese company's links with Queen's University pays off
A JAPANESE firm with a base in Co Antrim has slashed costs thanks to a three-year link-up with Queen's University. Ryobi Aluminium Casting manufactures aluminium die cast products for the European...
View ArticleWright-Patt $25M renovation project going up for bid
Joe Cogliano DBJ A $25 million construction job will soon be up for bid at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Senior Reporter- Dayton Business Journal | | | A $25 million construction job will soon be...
View ArticleWrightbus drives east as UK market hits saturation point
THE boss of Ballymena firm Wrightbus has said that the company recognises that the UK and Ireland markets are "saturated" as it looks towards further expansion into developing economies. Managing...
View ArticleCaltrans sparks outrage by yanking tunnel protest signs in Delta
OC Register starts newspaper in Long Beach 8 minutes ago Caltrans sparks outrage by yanking tunnel protest signs in Delta 8 minutes ago CalPERS delays releasing pensioners' data online 28 minutes ago...
View ArticleHomes to be demolished to make way for East West Tunnel
ELEANOR HALL: More than 100 properties in Melbourne's inner north are likely to be demolished to make way for the city's multi-billion dollar east-west road tunnel project. The Victorian Government...
View ArticleAtkins strengthens Middle East energy offering with two senior appointments...
(Source: WS Atkins plc) News releases Atkins strengthens Middle East energy offering with two senior appointments - 10 July 2013 Atkins has made two senior team appointments to its energy business in...
View ArticleHow do the world's longest tunnels stack up against Boston's Big Dig?
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View ArticleOnvia Video Highlights Seattle HWY99 Tunnel Project (Onvia Inc)
(Source: Onvia Inc) Bertha drill unearths local government economic opportunity for dozens of subcontractors SEATTLE, July 10, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- Onvia, Inc. (www.onvia.com ; NASDAQ: ONVI), a leading...
View ArticleWyke Road Tunnel ready to reopen (Dorset County Council)
(Source: Dorset County Council) Weymouth's Wyke Road Tunnel will reopen on Saturday 6 July 2013, one week ahead of schedule. The tunnel, which carries the Rodwell Trail under Wyke Road, closed for...
View ArticleCaltrans yanks anti-tunnel signs in Delta, ignites furor
State transportation officials have emboldened a protest movement in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by removing yard signs objecting to Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water diversion...
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View ArticleCM inspects CP, wants facelift project completed before polls
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday visited Connaught Place to review progress of the much-delayed re-development work in the market and issued strict instrictions to the contractor...
View ArticleBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport Pedestrian Tunnel Reaches Another Major...
TORONTO, July 5, 2013 /CNW/ - Toronto Port Authority (TPA) today announced that excavation has begun on the main pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. "The beginning of the...
View ArticleStatue of Liberty National Monument opens after safety upgrade - 05 July...
(Source: WS Atkins plc) News releases Statue of Liberty National Monument opens after safety upgrade - 05 July 2013 The Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island in New York Harbour, US...
View ArticleSandy’s Lingering Wrath to Close R-Train Tunnel for at Least a Year
While most of the city's subways were up and running a few days after Hurricane Sandy, it took two months to reopen the flooded Montague Tunnel, through which the R rumbles...
View ArticleOnvia Video Highlights Seattle HWY99 Tunnel Project
Bertha drill unearths local government economic opportunity for dozens of subcontractors My news for Investors AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the...
View ArticleChina revives plans for world's longest sea tunnel
China is to invest 260 billion yuan (£28 billion) reviving plans for the world's longest undersea tunnel, which would dwarf that of the Channel Tunnel. Photo: Alamy 1:32PM BST 11 Jul 2013 The plan,...
View ArticleMeeting on Delta tunnel project Wednesday in Sacramento
The public is invited to a meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday to learn more about Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The meeting...
View ArticleACCIONA sets new tunnel-boring speed records at Australia’s “Legacy Way"...
(Source: Acciona SA) ACCIONA sets new tunnel-boring speed records at Australia's "Legacy Way" project The tunnel-boring stage is completed successfully in Brisbane ahead of schedule and in a...
View ArticleChina plans world's longest sea tunnel at $42 billion -report
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will invest 260 billion yuan, or about $42 billion, to revive a long-stalled plan to build the world's longest undersea tunnel across the Bohai Strait linking the country's...
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View ArticleChina plans world’s longest sea tunnel
China will invest 260 billion yuan, or about $42 billion, to revive a long-stalled plan to build the world’s longest undersea tunnel across the Bohai Strait linking the country’s eastern and...
View ArticleChina plans ‘world’s longest undersea tunnel’
View Yantai-Dalian submarine tunnel proposed in a larger map Planning is underway to build the “world’s longest submarine tunnel” linking Dalian and Yantai and costing 260 billion yuan (HK$328.68...
View ArticleChina plans world’s longest undersea tunnel
View the proposed Yantai-Dalian submarine tunnel in a larger map Planning is underway to build the “world’s longest submarine tunnel” linking Dalian and Yantai and costing 260 billion yuan (HK$328.68...
View ArticleDiscovery Bay residents protest twin tunnel project
Several dozen Discovery Bay and San Joaquin County...
View ArticleOpponents cheer tunnel decision
There was jubilation in the south yesterday as a controversial plan to drill a tunnel to cut travel time to Milford Sound was rejected by Conservation Minister Nick Smith. Southland District mayor and...
View ArticleLiberty Tunnel, Squirrel Hill Tunnel to close outbound July 26
PennDOT announced this afternoon that the outbound Liberty Tunnel and outbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel will close July 26 for...
View ArticleBeaminster landslip tunnel to reopen on 29 July
A Dorset road tunnel shut since two people died in a landslip there last summer is reopening on 29 July. Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe, from Somerset, died on 7 July 2012 when their car was buried...
View ArticleFirst trains pass through new Fremantle tunnel
LABOR'S candidate for the federal seat of Perth mouthed the word "bull****" to claims by WA Transport Minister Troy Buswell about a major urban rail project. The former Planning and Infrastructure...
View ArticleNo to bus tunnel plan
Southland Mayor Frana Cardno had tears in her eyes yesterday after Conservation Minister Nick Smith announced he had refused concession for a commercial bus tunnel through two national parks - a...
View ArticleCEMEX provides specialty concrete for the most modern tunnel in the San...
(Source: CEMEX SAB de CV) Date published: July 16, 2013 CEMEX is providing value-added building solutions, including over 50,000 m³ of specialty ready-mix concrete, for the fourth bore of the...
View ArticleNew challenge for tunnel opponents
Environmentalists may have another fight on their hands, hot on the heels of the rejection of a national park tunnel. Conservation Minister Nick Smith yesterday rejected the proposed Milford Tunnel...
View ArticleMilford tunnel plan rejected
Plans for a controversial tunnel between Queenstown and Milford Sound have been rejected by Conservation Minister Nick Smith. "I am declining this tunnel because the environmental impacts are...
View ArticleTunnel out - monorail verdict next
Conservation Minister Nick Smith says his decision to reject a proposed tunnel through Fiordland reflects the high threshhold for disturbing national parks - but does not guarantee the thumbs-down for...
View ArticleNew Zealand rejects tunnel through World Heritage area
WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Wednesday threw out plans to bore an 11 kilometre (seven mile) road tunnel into a World Heritage-listed area, saying the environmental cost was too high. A private company...
View ArticleGovernment axes Milford Tunnel
The controversial plan to drill a tunnel to the Milford Sound has been axed by the Government. Conservation Minister Nick Smith said the $180m plan, by Milford Dart, to build a route through the...
View ArticleThe Minister of MOTC Inspects the New Ziqiang Tunnel Engineering of...
(Source: Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan)) The Minister of MOTC Inspects the New Ziqiang Tunnel Engineering of Hualian-Taitung Line Electrification Project, and Approves and Applauds...
View ArticleMilford Tunnel Project Idea Sunk
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:09 pm Article: Milford Tunnel Project Idea Sunk Scoop ++ By Hamish Cardwell 17 July 2013 A proposed 11-kilometre tunnel through National Park land in Southland has been...
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