Considering that Webuild is due to launch three more TBMs in Italy, it is taking to 40 the number it will soon have working in the country.<\/p>\n
Digging the new tunnels the Naples-Bari high-speed railway line and the Catania-Messina high-capacity line, the two TBMs that were launched at the same time.<\/p>\n
While excavation of the 6.4km-long Rocchetta Tunnel on the Apice-Hirpinia lot was uup to TBM Futura with 12m diameter, TBM Marina has commissioned to dig the 10km-long Orsara Tunnel on the Orsara-Bovino section. With a cutterhead of around 10m diameter, TBM Marina will use continuous mining to speed up the works.<\/p>\n
As advancing other works along the Naples-Bari line by Webuild, on the Apice-Hirpinia section, excavation of the Grottaminarda Tunnel is around 90% complete, and on the Naples-Cancello section, boring in the Casalnuovo Ttunnel continue in hyperbaric conditions \u2013 a technique being used for the first time in Italy.<\/p>\n
Also it is scheduled to launch another TBM for the Orsara Tunnel by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Being inaugurated in 2028,\u00a0 the new 145km-long Naples-Bari will measure in total 145 km, halving the current journey time between the two cities.<\/p>\n
Additionally, excavation of the 6.1km-long Taormina Tunnel in Sicily is up to TBM Lucia has, while it has diameter of more than 9m, and also uses continuous mining.<\/p>\n
Webuild is engaged on seven projects for the 200km-long Palermo-Catania-Messina line, which includes 175km of tunnels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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