A 1,600-tonne boring machine is currently working more than 40m under Birmingham.
Work to build an HS2 tunnel under Birmingham for the high-speed rail line has reached a key milestone.
Working about 40m below the outskirts of the city, the machine has excavated under the Park Hall Nature Reserve and River Tame and is now passing under Castle Vale. Between Water Orton and Washwood Heath alone, a total of 20,797 concrete segments will be put in place by the machine, to create the 2,971 concrete rings that will form the tunnel.
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