In message , at 10:55:26 on Fri, 16 Dec
2011, d remarked:

http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/pres...tunnelling-to-
start-in-less-than-100-days-as-first-tunnel-boring-machine-unveiled

Hmm , completion date in 2018 and no tunnelling even started? I won't hold
my breath for them to meet it then. The JLE took 6 years and thats about a 3rd
the size of this project.

There are eight TBMs (working from four sites) and a lot of preparatory
work has already taken place.
--
Roland Perry