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Devils Punchbowl (Photo credit: Scays)
The title today is that of the new tunnel thats just opened in Surrey, that replaces a section of the old A3. The old A3 cut through some wolderful countryside, and was a long trafgfic bottle neck trying to get through the village and island junction, the new route removes this and opens up a quite and relaxing area, with no traffic.
The purpose of this blog is to take a look at the construction and reclamation of the land, take a look at the wiki page, its very informative, and well worth an hour to read through, and follow up on some of the links, look at some of the maps and in particular google earth to view the new route. You might also have a look at my Flickr page to see some shots I made of the area.
I walked the old road, well part of it, as the old road is no longer there, just a clearing passing between trees, the tarmac has been removed, and the gap planted with, a slight green hue now appearing,
This style of civil engineering is not really on my radar as far as my CPD is concerned, but its such a major project with such a major impact I thought it worthy of bringing to your attention. it brings in Civil engineering, reclamation,conservation, tunnelling, and a whole heap more.
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