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 The start proper on digging the Victoria Park tunnel is now only about six weeks away.
This Easter weekend’s removed of two drainage systems away from the area where the tunnel will be dug, is a final major obstacle to the start of the tunnel building. Preparation work has been happening around the area for some months and has led to restrictions on the Auckland Harbour bridge approach and affected traffic around the park at night. Around August, the historic Birdcage tavern will be moved up the road while the tunnel is built. The tunnel will be dug in five places at the same time. The project will be completed by mid-2012.
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Airport Link’s second $45 million Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) arrived in Brisbane this week completing another step towards the launch of TBM tunnelling this year.
Newcrest is set to build what it says is the largest underground mine in Australia, after approving the development of the Cadia East gold and copper deposit near Orange in central western NSW.
The works to connect the existing sewer to the new sewer at De Chene Reserve, Coburg, were completed on Friday 26 March 2010, and the road reopened to two way traffic. 
