Sydney's $3.2 Billion Tunnel Project Takes a Shocking New Direction

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Sydney is renowned for iconic attractions like Bondi Beach, the Opera House, and the Harbor Bridge. However, navigating the CBD is a challenge due to heavy traffic. 🚗 To alleviate this, a new highway is being built beneath the harbor! 🌉
Initially, the plan involved an immersed tube tunnel, but in late 2022, significant changes were made. Now, massive tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be used to create the Western Harbor Tunnel, a 3.2 billion project. This tunnel will reduce traffic by 35% on the Western Distributor Highway, 20% on the original Harbor Tunnel, and 177% on the Harbor Bridge! 🛣️
Despite environmental concerns and construction disruptions, the switch to TBMs is seen as beneficial for both the economy and the environment. The project, now set for completion in 2028, promises to ease Sydney's traffic woes. 🚧
⏰CHAPTERS⏰
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0:00 SYDNEY
1:02 SYDNEY'S TRAFFIC WAS MORE SEVERE THAN IN MANY OTHER CITIES.
2:17 THE TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES.
5:06 THE TBMS WILL NEED TO TUNNEL DEEPER THEN THE PLANNED IMMERSED TUBE.
5:48 WHY THEY SWITCH TO A TBM APPROACH FOR THE WESTERN HARBOR TUNNEL?
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@kimriley5655 24 күн бұрын

A amazing engineering project, Wind back history The area around Balmain/ Birchgrove / Glebe where the project connects with other toll roads is riddled with coal seams. and a original source the growing city need for coal was met by tunneling under the harbour. The need for this crossing of the harbour was pushed through to relieve Traffic congestion . Toll companies are set to gain by this cross harbour tunneling Project at the expense of alternate transport priorities. Traffic connection argument world wide perpetuates the need for these tunneling mega projects. Meanwhile Western Sydney where 1/2 of the population lacks basic Public transport infrastructure.

@antontsau 18 күн бұрын

NYMBY as is. Costing billions and years, but not for us!

@tacitdionysus3220 23 күн бұрын

Not a bad clip for those interested in such projects and lessons flowing from them. Reasonably accurate and succinct presentation. Some images shown are not relevant, but not to an extent that gets really annoying or amusing.. Certainly better than many in this genre, it will probably be of reasonably sustained interest and value; but given the (apparently "shocking") change was made about 3 months before it was uploaded, it does border a bit on 'old news'.

@Chris.Davies 22 күн бұрын

Haha - here's an actual channel the believes adding roads gets rid of traffic! Absolutely hilarious stuff, from the 1950s and 1960s!

@antontsau 18 күн бұрын

Urbanistic bs? Yes we heard you many times. While we driving on westconnex instead of congested parramatta rd. Which, btw, became drivable too.

@vintageradio3404 14 күн бұрын

No-one except you is making that claim. What it will do is take traffic off roads not designed to carry it and put it on a road that is designed for it. Sydney is a far better place to live now that WestConnex is completed and its associated tunnels such as the Western Harbour Tunnel and M6 Tunnel are under construction. The world's largest road tunnel network will just get bigger and better as the years progress and surface streets can be handed over for community use and trams. At the same time, NSW is building a world-class metro rail system with driverless trains and this forms the largest public transport project in Austraia by far. So public transport advocates cannot complain that they are not being looked after. Thanks goes to Barry, Mike, Gladys and Dom for getting these ambitious but much needed projects off the ground.

@alanday5255 22 күн бұрын

I despise power point videos.

@kcobley 23 күн бұрын

It's not a $3.2 Billion tunnel it's $6.8 Billion tunnel. It's a fucking stupid idea. It's not an immersed tube tunnel.

@vintageradio3404 14 күн бұрын

If you'd have watched from start to finish, you would have known that the author acknowledged the change from immersed tube to bored tunnels. It's a fantastic idea which was intended to relieve the traffic load on the Anzac Bridge and Western Distributor, the latter being built in the 1980s for heaven's sake, when Sydney only had 3m people. The tunnels are a fucken awesome idea. They will eliminate the bottleneck at the Rozelle Interchange the minute they open.