{"id":4980,"date":"2021-10-19T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T07:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2021-10-19T07:28:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T07:28:41","slug":"advance-of-dame-whina-cooper-to-karangahape-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tunnelingworld.com\/?p=4980","title":{"rendered":"Advance of Dame Whina Cooper to Karangahape Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A great landmark has been achieved in Auckland\u2019s City Rail Link (CRL) project on 18 October 2021.TBM Dame Whina Cooper dug 32 m beneath the ground into the Karangahape Station construction site at the end of its 860-m-long journey from Mt Eden.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This project&#8217;s cost and scheduled timeline have been affected by pandemics seriously. In such a way that New Zealand\u2019s last covid lockdown for five weeks postponed the TBM\u2019s planned September breakthrough. The efficiency of CRL\u2019s main contractor, the Link Alliance&#8217;s TBM was well below during the lockdown period, in order to pause earth settling around it. Tunneling accelerated when lockdown restrictions eased.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to the high speed of TBM during its journey under Spaghetti Junction on the motorway, Link Alliance significantly attained Karangahape ahead of its rescheduled time in November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More details are accessible in video below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/youtu.be\/voloLdk9lcA[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityraillink.co.nz\/\">here<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great landmark has been achieved in Auckland\u2019s City Rail Link (CRL) project on 18 October 2021.TBM Dame Whina Cooper dug 32 m beneath the ground into the Karangahape Station construction site at the end of its 860-m-long journey from Mt Eden. This project&#8217;s cost and scheduled timeline have been affected by pandemics seriously. In such a way that New Zealand\u2019s last covid lockdown for five weeks postponed the TBM\u2019s planned September breakthrough. The efficiency of CRL\u2019s main contractor, the Link Alliance&#8217;s TBM was well below during the lockdown period, in order to pause earth settling around it. 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