Inside the race to open Australia's deepest road tunnel

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Exclusive: A look inside NorthConnex – Australia's deepest road tunnel – during the final, frantic weeks of testing before it's opened to the public | Rabe9

Tens of thousands of tests on Australia's deepest road tunnel are under way, as engineers seek to complete electrical systems for the delayed $3 billion NorthConnex, which is slated to open almost a year behind schedule.

First scheduled to open in late 2019, the project was pushed back to the third quarter of 2020, which it will almost certainly exceed. NorthConnex will connect the M1 Pacific Motorway to the M2, forcing trucks into the tunnel and off West Pennant Hills Road. More than 140 jet air fans line the roof of the tunnel, which also features 46 kilometres of heat sensing optical cable that triggers a segmented sprinkler system in case of fire.

 

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