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Earthquake faults crisscross LA. Is it safe to tunnel here?
Los Angeles Curbed   16 January 2019   USA   Los Angeles  
The underground portion of the soon-to-open Crenshaw/LAX Line is located in a liquefaction zone, where engineers must contend with damp, sandy soil that can destabilize in an earthquake. By Liz Kuball
<p>In December, tech billionaire Elon Musk and his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, unveiled a mile-long tunnel beneath Hawthorne&mdash;a prototype of an undergroundtransportation system called &ldquo;Loop.&rdquo;<br />Musk has repeatedly suggested that ...
Tunneling nearly complete on Metro's Regional Connector project
Los Angeles Curbed   11 December 2017   USA   Los Angeles  
<p>Construction crews are nearly finished excavating the second of two tunnels for Metro's Regional Connector project, and on Friday, the tunnel reached the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill subway station in Downtown LA.</p><p>A video from Metro captures ...
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