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Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel

Posted: 24 Aug 2020 13:55
by The_Overdog
Article about the tunnel being dug to stop flooding around Baylor.

"On April 24, 2020, the largest hard rock TBM ever to bore in the United States began to operate."
https://tunnelingonline.com/texas-mettl ... ill-creek/

They should offer tours once it's complete and before it gets flooded.

Re: Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel

Posted: 24 Aug 2020 16:43
by I45Tex
Great link, thanks. Will this result in a pattern that lowers the local water table farther? Pre-urban Dallas County used to have seeps and springs all over.

Deep tunnel sewer underway in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Ti ... _sites.jpg