Greetings First Street Tunnel Stakeholders,
Update on Abigail, micro-tunnel boring machine (MTBM)
that is currently mining the Adams Street adit tunnel
Abigail, the MTBM, has encountered challenging ground
conditions under Adams Street, causing SKJD to work in an emergency mode-around
the clock (24/7) since Monday night, April 11th. The underground soil
conditions have proven to be more difficult than expected. Changing soil
conditions, including moving through sections of clay, require that ground
surrounding the machine be stabilized as the soil conditions are
encountered. In addition, crews have
encountered high groundwater pressure so the pace of mining is slow.
At this time, SKJD is installing only one pipe segment
per day. There are eleven more pipe segments to go. Therefore, the operation needs to continue in
an emergency mode 24/7 uninterrupted until all 11 pipe segments, each 10 feet
long are safely installed underground.
At this rate of production, we expect to be in emergency
mode for the next 11-12 days.
SKJD has notified the permitting authorities as required, and has received permission to proceed with the 24/7 hours to complete the critical tasks for safety reasons. Please be assured that the public and adjacent buildings are not at risk. We need to complete the underground work as described above since should the MTBM machine become immobile, it would require the contractor to be retrieve the MTBM through an open cut from the street. Open cut construction would produce more adverse construction impacts to the abutting community than the current plan.
2 comments:
Judging by the responses from some neighbors, its not clear this was widely distributed
If anyone did receive this message, would you reply below? So far, the neighbors that we've spoken to say they have not. I'm curious to know if this supposed "email blast" was actually sent out to those who are impacted by the project. Thanks. Here's to hoping that 11 days is an overestimate.
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