Earlier this month Nye Veier and Acciona marked the breakthrough of the new 3.9-km-long Hell tunnel for the E6 Ranheim-Værnes project. The tunnel excavation used the drill&blast method and started in April 2021 from the Hommelvik side and in June 2021 on the Hell side. They completed 392m of blasting from Hommelvik in the south and 468m from the Hell side and extracted 360,000 m3 of rock. 

Work will now continue in the Hell tunnel, with fitting out and completion of the tunnel with surface water systems, electrical installations, road construction and safety equipment. This includes blasting of side tunnels and ditches, but also less noisy work such as the establishment of a road and fittings inside the tunnel. The next step will involve safety checks and tests before motorists can drive through the new tunnel, which will take place in 2024.  

The breakthrough in the 1.6-km-long Være tunnel, which is also part of the E6 Ranheim-Værnes project, took place in March this year, the breakthrough in the third tunnel, the Stavsjøfjell tunnel, will take place shortly. For more detailed information please click here and no/106 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.nyeveier.no/ and  https://www.acciona.com/. 32/22.