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Old Posted Feb 1, 2010, 3:30 PM
p_xavier p_xavier is offline
 
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So why not do it right and do a cut&cover (or other shallow tunnelling method) which would have a better result, cost less and cause only slightly more disruption?

The promise of using a TBM is minimal disruption, but it clearly isn't the case here. We're looking at considerable disruption anyway.
City council has mandated the team to come out with a cheaper tunnel alternative. (I still don't understand why it's not up to the bidders to decide this)
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