“This is not what we were hoping for and will definitely delay the project even further,” said Einar Hrafn Hjálmarsson, chief of Ósafl, the contractor working on Vaðlaheiðagöng tunnel in North Iceland. A new water fissure has caused further delay in the tunnel's construction, reports Morgunblaðið.
Read more: Hot water slows down tunnel work on the road between Akureyri and Húsavík
500 litres (132 gallons) of cold water gushes from the fissure every second, hampering construction. In February 50°C (122°F) hot water began to pour out of crevices inside the tunnel, also disrupting construction work. Now water rushes from both ends of the tunnel: hot from one side, cold from the other.
Contractors are now planning to try and continue construction from the Akureyri side of the tunnel.
The Vaðlaheiði tunnel will reduce the distance travelled between Akureyri and Húsavík by 16 kilometres (10 miles).
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“This is not what we were hoping for and will definitely delay the project even further,” said Einar Hrafn Hjálmarsson, chief of Ósafl, the contractor working on Vaðlaheiðagöng tunnel in North Iceland. A new water fissure has caused further delay in the tunnel's construction, reports Morgunblaðið.
Read more: Hot water slows down tunnel work on the road between Akureyri and Húsavík
500 litres (132 gallons) of cold water gushes from the fissure every second, hampering construction. In February 50°C (122°F) hot water began to pour out of crevices inside the tunnel, also disrupting construction work. Now water rushes from both ends of the tunnel: hot from one side, cold from the other.
Contractors are now planning to try and continue construction from the Akureyri side of the tunnel.
The Vaðlaheiði tunnel will reduce the distance travelled between Akureyri and Húsavík by 16 kilometres (10 miles).
