Australia’s longest road tunnel at 11kms long, this project is located near the Blue Mountains Region of NSW. When completed, the $2.5Billion project will form the main road corridor between Central Western NSW and the Sydney Region. Over 100 boreholes were drilled with some fitted with VWPs and others with monitoring wells, EWS Well-Caps and VWT devices were installed and are providing critical remote data over Iridium satellite connectivity for the geotechnical investigation.
Project Background
Australia’s longest road tunnel at 11kms long, this project is located near the Blue Mountains Region of NSW. When completed, the $2.5Billion project will form the main road corridor between Central Western NSW and the Sydney Region. Over 100 boreholes were drilled with some fitted with VWPs and others with monitoring wells, EWS Well-Caps and VWT devices were installed and are providing critical remote data over Iridium satellite connectivity for the geotechnical investigation.
Solutions
Australia’s longest road tunnel at 11kms long, this project is located near the Blue Mountains Region of NSW. When completed, the $2.5Billion project will form the main road corridor between Central Western NSW and the Sydney Region. Over 100 boreholes were drilled with some fitted with VWPs and others with monitoring wells, EWS Well-Caps and VWT devices were installed and are providing critical remote data over Iridium satellite connectivity for the geotechnical investigation.
Outcomes & Benefits
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