CATCHcast 71: Tunnel Planner: Michael Dnes

Sep 18, 03:00 PM
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Having seen how cheap tunnels are made in Norway, Michael believes we could use their method of blasting and drilling to cross between Manchester and Sheffield - at a tiny fraction of the cost of traditional tunnel-boring machines.

Could a radical solution to tunnelling be a cheaper way of burrowing under the Pennines? Could there even be a tunnel to the Isle of Wight? Former road and rail civil servant Michael Dnes has answers!