Tunnel Boring Begins
Members of the media and the community were given a sneak peek at the tunnel being built for the new Rivanna Pump Station on Monday, June 15th. The Authority and its General Contractor are allowing a brief opportunity for the media, local officials, and the public to see the progress of the work. The event allowed guests to see the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed Miss Chelsea, within the entrance shaft at Moores Creek Advanced Water Resource Recovery Facility in Charlottesville before it “disappears” into the new tunnel. Once the machine is in the tunnel, the boring machine will be being used to dig an 11 ft. in diameter tunnel over 1600 ft. connecting to an existing pump station in Woolen Mills.
It will take approximately three months to grind through rock and construct the tunnel, but the work will be underground and not visible from the surface.
[link to press release]
[link to NBC29 media coverage]
