Dick Pudding
2024-04-02 02:25:21 UTC
They let so many illegal aliens in that they overwhelmed the sewers.
The construction of a £5billion tunnel in London has been completed after
eight years - but you'll never be able to walk down it. Thames Tideway
Tunnel is a 25km-long super sewer designed to slash the level of sewage
pollution along a section of the River Thames through central London.
Tens of millions of tonnes of storm sewage spill into the river annually,
but once operational the super sewer should reduce spills entirely,
according to its backers.
The final piece of the tunnel - a 1,200 tonne concrete lid - was lifted
into place on top of a deep shaft at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in
Stratford, east London, on Wednesday (March 27).
Tideway has now built the full 15.5 miles (25km) main tunnel, a three mile
(4.5km) connection tunnel in south east London and a 1,100m tunnel in
south west London.
The company's Chief Exec Andy Mitchell said in a statement : "This is the
moment we've all been waiting for. The underground civil engineering on
the Tideway project is now complete following eight years of dedicated
hard work from all our teams working in the capital.
"There is still work to do - we need to finish some above-ground
structures and, crucially, test the system - but this nonetheless marks an
absolutely critical milestone for the Tideway project and for London."
Tideway expects expect the sewer to be fully operational in 2025, after
testing of the tunnel system.
The Abbey Mills shaft is the deepest of the project at 70m and is the
point where the super sewer meets up with the Lee Tunnel, completed in
2016.
The construction of a £5billion tunnel in London has been completed after
eight years - but you'll never be able to walk down it. Thames Tideway
Tunnel is a 25km-long super sewer designed to slash the level of sewage
pollution along a section of the River Thames through central London.
Tens of millions of tonnes of storm sewage spill into the river annually,
but once operational the super sewer should reduce spills entirely,
according to its backers.
The final piece of the tunnel - a 1,200 tonne concrete lid - was lifted
into place on top of a deep shaft at Abbey Mills Pumping Station in
Stratford, east London, on Wednesday (March 27).
Tideway has now built the full 15.5 miles (25km) main tunnel, a three mile
(4.5km) connection tunnel in south east London and a 1,100m tunnel in
south west London.
The company's Chief Exec Andy Mitchell said in a statement : "This is the
moment we've all been waiting for. The underground civil engineering on
the Tideway project is now complete following eight years of dedicated
hard work from all our teams working in the capital.
"There is still work to do - we need to finish some above-ground
structures and, crucially, test the system - but this nonetheless marks an
absolutely critical milestone for the Tideway project and for London."
Tideway expects expect the sewer to be fully operational in 2025, after
testing of the tunnel system.
The Abbey Mills shaft is the deepest of the project at 70m and is the
point where the super sewer meets up with the Lee Tunnel, completed in
2016.