It must be incredibly difficult to work on repairing this. Hope they stay safe and can get it back open soon.
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Backshophoss wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:33 am This is not going to be a quick fix,the underground stream needs to be rerouted away from the tunnel.Funny story, I heard today that might be the plan... not the whole thing but the impacted area.
Seems to date back to when the tunnel was built.
Might be "cheaper" to Daylight the tunnel
CN9634 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:43 pmI am not sure who started that rumor (there have been a number of people on Facebook agitating it) but it is 100% false - direct from the horse's mouth.Backshophoss wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:33 am This is not going to be a quick fix,the underground stream needs to be rerouted away from the tunnel.Funny story, I heard today that might be the plan... not the whole thing but the impacted area.
Seems to date back to when the tunnel was built.
Might be "cheaper" to Daylight the tunnel
newpylong wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:06 am Their chief engineer said point blank it is not even being considered. This is a classic case where some Woodward and Bernstein hears a whisper or an offhanded comment and it becomes reality.