Over the next several weeks parts of the Purple Line
extension TBMs, built by Herrenknecht (Germany), will begin arriving by
Palabora and Integrity cargos from Rotterdam and Antwerp, at the ports of Long
Beach, Los Angeles and Galveston. From the ports, the various parts will be
loaded onto large trucks and taken to a holding facility until the Wilshire/La
Brea station is ready to receive them.
The five TBM Naming Contest Finalists are
Castor/Pollux, Elsie/Soyeon, Abeona/Adiona, Rosa/Milagros and Genesis/Nova. The
polls will be open thru January 31, 2018. The winning art and name will be
displayed on the side of the huge TBMs during the Purple Line Extension
unveiling ceremony that is anticipated to happen this spring. Click here for
tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.metro.net.