The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion project will move forward with the bored-tunnel construction method to deliver the next connection across the Hampton Roads harbour, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced Thursday.

This week both competing teams-Hampton Roads Capacity Constructors and Hampton Roads Connector Partners notified VDOT they selected the bored-tunnel method as the basis for their bid proposals, which will be submitted in late 2018, according to a VDOT news release. To read further please click here. This project will be VDOTs first bored tunnel. By Southside Daily Staff - 31/18.