TBM launched on €2bn UK tunnel project

Mike Hayes Consultant Editor, Construction Europe / KHL Content Studio

13 September 2022

The tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Jill’ has been launched on the Silvertown Tunnel project in east London.

The project is being undertaken by the Riverlinx consortium, comprising abrdn, Invesis, Cintra, Macquarie Capital and SK ecoplant.

Transport for London (TfL) originally awarded the consortium a design, build, finance, operate and maintain contract, valued at approximately €700 million. Since then, costs have risen to a report €2.3 billion.

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