PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - Crews putting in a Lake Huron pipeline that will bring water to Flint and other area communities have removed a massive tunneling machine from the lake.
Workers wearing hard hats and life jackets took pictures with their phones as the 78,000-pound contraption emerged from a shaft on Thursday.
Project contractor Bob D’Agostini says the machine’s removal marks the end of the tunnel portion of the project.
The next step is to have divers excavate with a hydraulic excavator off a barge to install an intake pipe. Crews are expected to burrow another 1.25 miles into Lake Huron.
D’Agostini tells the Times Herald (https://bwne.ws/1oCbIiC ) the intake tunnel will be done in October.
Genesee County officials estimate having their own Lake Huron pipeline will save the county around $3 million a year.
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Information from: Times Herald, https://www.thetimesherald.com
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