Boring Day Out a Success
The City Rail Link (CRL) and the Link Alliance thank Aucklanders for their great support after a successful Boring Day Out event in early December.
Thousands of people visited the Mt Eden construction site to see up close the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named Dame Whina Cooper, and the start of mining of the twin rail tunnels that will run under central Auckland.
“I want to thank everyone who came along – to see so many smiling faces reiterated the support for our work and the engineering skills behind it,” says Francois Dudouit, Project Director for the Link Alliance.
“The City Rail Link is Auckland’s project after all, and it was great to open the construction door a wee bit to give people a sneak peek of our work to bring big transport changes to the city.”
The Link Alliance is delivering the main set of CRL tunnels and stations – which includes operating the TBM, starting next April.
TBM’s traditionally are named after an influential woman to honour St Barbara, the patron saint of miners. New Zealanders voted for CRL’s TBM to be named in honour of Māori rights champion, Dame Whina Cooper.
Dame Whina’s daughter, Hinerangi Puru Cooper, led official celebrations to unveil and bless the TBM.
