TBMs for Australian project named

To massive TBNMs for a road project in Melbourne, Australia have been named. The TBMs weigh 4,000tonnes each and will be called Vida and Bella, in honour of suffragette and social reformer Vida Goldstein, and the first woman to graduate from an Australian university, Bella Guerin. The machines will start work shortly on the West Gate Tunnel project. The new tunnel link will provide an alternative for drivers to the West Gate Bridge and will help reduce congestion and travel times for drivers.
October 25, 2018 Read time: 1 min

To massive TBNMs for a road project in Melbourne, Australia have been named. The TBMs weigh 4,000tonnes each and will be called Vida and Bella, in honour of suffragette and social reformer Vida Goldstein, and the first woman to graduate from an Australian university, Bella Guerin. The machines will start work shortly on the West Gate Tunnel project. The new tunnel link will provide an alternative for drivers to the West Gate Bridge and will help reduce congestion and travel times for drivers.

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