Monday, August 01, 2016

Lucy Tunnel Boring Machine reports that recent stormwater was stored in the new tunnel and then pumped out

See these tweets:

Derrick Jones@jonesy77 Jul 19
any word on launch date for your tunnel? Tonight’s rain is causing flashbacks to 2012…want to make sure we’re good for Labor Day.
11:52 PM - 19 Jul 2016

Lucy Diggs Slowe@LucyTBM 15 minutes ago
Oh my, how did I miss this tweet?
2:18 PM - 1 Aug 2016

Lucy Diggs Slowe@LucyTBM 15 minutes ago
I should be fully operational later this summer. However, I've already been tested. Remember that storm July 19? (1/2)
2:20 PM - 1 Aug 2016

Lucy Diggs Slowe@LucyTBM 13 minutes ago
got 1.5-2" of rain in under 2 hours, and 250K of stormwater was stored in my tunnel, then pumped out. (2/2)
2:22 PM - 1 Aug 2016  

 

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