Beaminster 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...
View Article