Knitted News27.02.22 12:42 26 Adar A. Tishpev
Widening of the Tunnels Road (Photo: Yuval Dubskin, Dan Ben Amram Ltd.)
Tunnel Road Expansion Project: After the new long tunnel was breached in recent weeks, its mining and excavation work is currently being completed and the construction of the tunnel has begun.
This complex and unique project includes the excavation of a 900 m long tunnel at a distance of just over 3 m from the active tunnel. After about 400 days and thousands of hours of complex excavation and mining, the tunnel was breached.
It is estimated that in about a year, in the first quarter of 2023, the new long tunnel will open to traffic. Then the crews will go into rehabilitation and support work in the old tunnel after which the two tunnels will be opened together.
Works on the Tunnels Road (Photo: Yuval Dubskin, Dan Ben Amram Ltd.)
In the old bridge connecting the tunnels, sealing work is currently being carried out and later asphalt will be paved. In the old (northern) short tunnel, work is currently being carried out that includes restoration, internal concreting and the preparation of various infrastructures.
In the section of the road from the tunnel to the Gilo neighborhood, earthworks are being carried out for a new road structure that will be adapted to the route, infrastructure transfer and later the construction of a changing public transportation lane. Expect the track to fully open – towards the end of July 2022.
In addition, in recent months, an underground passage has been inaugurated from Har Gilo Road toward the bloc from which another lane was recently opened to the Husan junction. Work has recently begun on regulating and expanding the Husan junction.
Works on the Tunnels Road (Photo: Yuval Dubskin, Dan Ben Amram Ltd.)
The head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, Shlomo Ne’eman, welcomed the progress of the project and said: “We thank the Moriah company that manages the project and all the partners: Solel and Boneh and the Oron Holdings and Investments Group, For real help in solving the problem of traffic jams and infrastructure, with a better and safer ride on the roads. The road and the tunnels that are being built before our eyes are an impressive and powerful spectacle, and no less impressive. “
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