{"id":94745,"date":"2020-03-19T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/?post_type=new&#038;p=94745"},"modified":"2024-11-05T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:54:33","slug":"londons-super-sewer-were-halfway-there","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/en\/news\/londons-super-sewer-were-halfway-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Super sewer hits the halfway mark"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"wysiwyg text-editor \" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"container container--narrow container--p-10\">\n            <p>The giant machines digging the main super sewer tunnel &#8211; under construction to stop sewage pollution in the River Thames &#8211; have now tunnelled <strong>12.5km of the 25km total length.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tunnel now stretches as far west as Fulham and, eastwards, it has reached Blackfriars in the City of London \u2013 passing under 13 bridges including Albert Bridge, Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>If the tunnel was a straight line, it would now be long enough to run the distance from Wembley Stadium in west London, to the London Eye in central London.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Tideway<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-94745-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/londons-super-sewer_-were-halfway-there2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/londons-super-sewer_-were-halfway-there2.mp4\">https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/londons-super-sewer_-were-halfway-there2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"block-quote \" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"container container--narrow container--p-10 block-quote__body\">\n            <blockquote class=\"block-quote__text\" aria-label=\"\">\n                \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud that we\u2019ve reached the halfway mark on the super sewer. Reaching this point on schedule is testament to the success of the team, who have achieved a huge number of engineering feats. Once complete, not only will we have a cleaner river but there will be seven new areas of public space created along the Thames, transforming the embankment and creating new areas for Londoners and visitors to reconnect with the river.\u201d            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <footer class=\"block-quote__footer\">\n                                    <p class=\"block-quote__author\" aria-label=\"\">\n                        <span class=\"block-quote__author-name\">Andy Mitchell<\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n                                    <p class=\"block-quote__author-role\" aria-label=\"\">\n                        Tideway CEO                    <\/p>\n                            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"wysiwyg text-editor \" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"container container--narrow container--p-10\">\n            <p>As well as the main tunnel, a 1km connection tunnel is also currently under construction in Wandsworth.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the tunnels have been constructed using four<strong> tunnel boring machines<\/strong> (TBMs). Two more tunnelling machines are due to start working in east London this year, creating the eastern section of the main tunnel from Bermondsey to Newham, as well as a slightly smaller 4km connection tunnel in Greenwich.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the tunnels has seen three million tonnes of material transported by river, avoiding 340,000 HGV journeys and more than five million kilometres of road transport.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    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