So today was the day. At about 2:30ish this afternoon the 2 ends met up some 250 meters in from the southern end. A massive congratulations must go to Balfour Beaty and the Highways Agency for all the work carried out so far.
These are just a few of the photo's from today.
I must say a few hello's to some lovely people I met today down there:
Mike Pearce and Mark the cameraman from Merdian News, Alison Fearne and Jenny Day from Southern Counties Radio, Paul Clifton from BBC South Today, Peter from London, The East Hants District councillor who's name I did not get and the nice 3 local ladies.
More pics from inside the tunnel showing them breaking through to be on here some point next week. Also for those that did not see it there is a link below for the tv report.
Keep your pics coming guys we really could not make this blog as successful without you.
Keep on diggin.......
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2 comments:
I'm full of excitement and approval about the Hindhead Tunnel project. As a retired engineer & amateur geologist, I've been interested in this project all along.
However, it does raise an important question for (to?) the Highways Agency, especially in view of the 'sound-byte' that's oft-quoted as a brief justification for the project, the one about 'the only traffic lights between London and Portsmouth'. A fair claim but what are the HA's plans for the Ham Barn Roundabout, the notorious bottleneck just a few miles further down the A3?
It is a great pity that the HA failed to bite the bullet about the (lethal) Ham Barn Roundabout when they first constructed the Petersfield-Liphook Bypass. I seem to remember that the reason given at the time was that the traffic figures for the A325 were not suffcient to warrant the construction of a full cloverleaf junction. I also suspect that the proximity of the houses there would cause some constructional problems.
For anyone who lives and drives in the area, it has been obvious for many years that a proper junction will have to be built at some point, so why don't they just get on with it?
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