It feels a bit like Christmas here in the UK at the moment, not just because of the miserable freezing weather, but because after years of will they won't they, the government has finally given London's US$32bn Crossrail project, with it's 16km of 6m diameter twin tube tunnels, the green light.rnCore to this was the plugging a US$700M funding gap by the City Of London Corporation. It's good to see those who will benefit from the rail link, probably to the tune of billions over the years, 'jumping on board' and digging into their pockets.rnAlso, the US$4bn Thames Tideway project, with its 30km+ of 7.2m diameter tunnel looks set to go ahead, after the government realised it was pretty much impossible not to have it.
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