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October 15, 2010

The End Of The Tunnel

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After all, those miners probably couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel that crews had drilled down to their level. But the end of the tunnel was [...]
October 15, 2010

ARC Tunnel: D Minus 7

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With seven days remaining before Governor Chris Christie's latest deadline for the ARC Tunnel project, the federal government has made no further offers to [...]
October 16, 2010

The World's Longest Tunnel, Step By Step

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A giant drill makes drillholes to be filled with explosives at the construction site for the Gotthard Base Tunnel on April 19, 2007 near Sedrun, Switzerland [...]
October 16, 2010

Inquirer Editorial: Christie's Tunnel Vision

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Christie's intent with his stunning decision to derail the new rail tunnel linking New Jersey and Manhattan is to run a high-stakes poker bluff with the [...]
October 15, 2010

Swiss Tunnel: Workers Drill Through Last Few Feet Of Rock, Creating World's ...

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The 35.4-mile Swiss tunnel, designed to shift transport of goods from environmentally damaging trucks to trains, trumps Japan's Seikan Tunnel – previously [...]
October 15, 2010

The High Price Of New Jersey's Cheap Gasoline Tax

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Chris Christie's recent decision to pull the plug on the $8.7 billion "ARC" commuter rail tunnel between New Jersey and New York, the nation's largest [...]
October 15, 2010

Study Says Tunnel Would Cut City Commute By 17%

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PATERSON,NJ - Twenty-two minutes a day - that's how much time Paterson passengers would save on their round-trip commute into Manhattan if a new rail tunnel [...]
October 15, 2010

Coast Guard Member Overboard In Virginia Waters

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Outfitted with 60 pounds of gear a member of the US Coast Guard fell overboard last night near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel off Interstate [...]
October 15, 2010

Budget Goblins Needlessly Scare Off Infrastructure Spending

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By the Monitor's Editorial Board / October 15, 2010 Today, Swiss drilling crews broke through the last bit of rock to create the world's longest rail tunnel [...]
October 16, 2010

The Record: Letters, Oct. 16, 2010

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The Access to the Region's Core tunnel that Governor Christie is moving to kill is vital to economic growth in our region. NJ Transit's rail ridership has [...]
October 16, 2010

Steve Malanga: Christie Is Right About The Hudson River Big Dig

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Chris Christie has come under intense criticism for threatening to cancel the largest infrastructure project in the nation, a new rail tunnel connecting New [...]
October 15, 2010

Swiss Tunnel: Not Actually The World's Longest Tunnel

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When Swiss engineers completed drilling the Gotthard Base Tunnel Friday, they were lauded for finishing the world's longest tunnel – but actually it's only [...]
October 16, 2010

The End Of The Tunnel

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A miner stands in front of the drilling machine that completed the world's longest tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps. The 35-mile Gotthard tunnel will become [...]
October 15, 2010

Breakthrough For World's Longest Tunnel In Swiss Alps

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SEDRUN, Switzerland — A giant drilling machine was punching its way through a final section of Alpine rock on Friday to complete the world's longest tunnel [...]
October 16, 2010

Joyous Swiss Celebrate Longest

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The pride felt throughout Switzerland over digging the Gotthard Base Tunnel reflected the one cause that unites the country's wealthy city dwellers with [...]
October 15, 2010

Recession Will Never End If This Tunnel Isn't Built: Joe Mysak

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The project in question is an 8.8-mile commuter railroad tunnel under the Hudson River, estimated to cost $8.7 billion. Christie's advisers told him the [...]
October 15, 2010

Longest Tunnel Set For Breakthrough

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Swiss officials are confident of making the long-planned breakthrough in the world's longest tunnel. Transport ministry spokesman Gregor Saladin said the [...]
October 17, 2010

Two Dead In Ecuador Tunnel Collapse

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AP QUITO, Ecuador—Search teams found the bodies of two miners Saturday and were still looking for two other men missing since a tunnel collapsed 490 feet [...]
October 17, 2010

Longest Rail Tunnel Completed In Switzerland

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Following 14 long years of drilling and construction the world's longest rail tunnel has finally been completed in Switzerland. The tunnel drilling was [...]
October 16, 2010

Ecuador Tries To Rescue Miners After Tunnel Collapse

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PORTOVELO, Ecuador - Workers in Ecuador were conducting a rescue operation Saturday to find and save four miners, who got trapped underground after a tunnel [...]
October 15, 2010

Your Comments: Hudson Tunnel Project's 2--

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J.) and supporters of the ARC Tunnel project including Doug O'Malley, field director for Environment New Jersey, left, at an Oct. 7 press conference outside [...]
October 16, 2010

Swiss Set Record For World's Longest Tunnel

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Swiss tunnel workers cheered as a drill that was over 30 feet wide cut through the last stretch of solid rock in the Gotthard railway tunnel,which has taken [...]
October 15, 2010

Feds Charge Westlake Contractor In Northeast Ohio Sewer District Investigation

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During his tenure, the NEORSD had major sewage tunnel contracts, including the Mill Creek Tunnel Contract, Phases 2 and 3. The Kassouf Company, as part of a [...]
October 17, 2010

The Highwayman

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by brooklynbadboy Last week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie cancelled the biggest infrastructure project in the nation, the Mass Transit Tunnel (also [...]
October 16, 2010

Swiss Steal Record For World's Longest Tunnel

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Under the roar of the drill, miners shouted and clinked glasses, as their tunnel was completed. The Swiss now have stolen the record for the longest tunnel [...]

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