Tunnel boring machines could be used instead of cut-and-cover to build the US$1.3bn 4.5km long Kowloon southern link, planned by Hong Kong’s Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC).
This follows concern by local legislators that building tunnels using cut-and-cover techniques would cause too much disruption, noise and dust in the heart of the Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district.
More details in October’s T&TI
