On 08.08.2013, 11.34 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Boorbara began excavation of the south tube of Skuiskil tunnel under the Ghent-Terneuzen canal. Excavation of the north tube, which started on 27.01.2013, ended mid-May.

In October 2010, the contract for the construction of the Sluiskil tunnel, length 1,330 m of which 1,145 m excavated by TBM, and of a new 6 km-long section of N62 was awarded to the consortium BAM - TBI (BAM Civil, Wayss & Freytag, Mobilis, Croon). The twin-tube tunnel has two lanes in each direction, reaches a maximum depth of 33 m below sea level, and has a maximum slope of 4.5 percent. The diameter of the new tunnel is about 10 m, as for the Westerscheldetunnel. Click here for a video. The tunnel will bypass the bottleneck formed by the Skuiskil bridge on the N61. Visit www.sluiskiltunnel.nl. 35/13.