{"id":608,"date":"2007-09-17T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T20:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/17\/tunneling-to-pacifica\/"},"modified":"2007-09-17T17:41:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T00:41:47","slug":"tunneling-to-pacifica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/17\/tunneling-to-pacifica\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunneling to Pacifica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAerial photo of Devil’s Slide Project
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\nToday, I visited the south construction zone for the Devil’s Slide Tunnel by-pass project<\/a>. It was a dog and pony show with many local politicians showing up to state their support and claim credit for their contributions. It wasn’t nearly as offensive as it could have been, some of the speakers even managed a little self-deprecating humor. The most important thing is, the digging is now under way after 2 years of preparatory work on site, and 11 years after voters approved the project in 1996.
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\nThe two tunnels when complete will be 4,200 feet (1,280m) in length each from the portal on the south side (Half Moon Bay) to the Shamrock Ranch portal. The tunnels will be exacavated using the New Austrian Tunneling Method<\/a> which uses lithostatic force from the surrounding rock mass to stabilize the tunnel structure. From the north side, the tunnels will exit onto twin 1,000 foot (305m) long bridges across a deep valley. Work on the bridges should be complete by the summer of 2008, work on the tunnels should be complete by winter 2010, and all the clean-up and associated projects should be completed by 2011. The existing Route 1 over Devil’s Slide will become a recreation area.
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\nI snapped some photos while at the event, they’re embedded below with a little commentary with each picture. Click any image to get the large version (2048×1536.)
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\nThe crowd gathers for the ceremony
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\nCalTrans Director Will Kempton speaks
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\nCongressman Tom Lantos speaks
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\nState Senator Leland Yee speaks
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\nSan Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon speaks
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\nPreparing to dig
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\nDigging!
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\nClose up of “first dirt” post digging
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