A second massive tunnel-digging machine has begun doing its work on the below-ground segment of a major light rail transit (LRT) route that will further link Mississauga and Toronto.

Project leaders said in an update today (Aug. 5) that the second of two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) built in Germany specifically for this job started digging away this week on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE).

A brief video (see below) supplied by Metrolinx shows the second TBM in action as it began its big dig this week.

The first TBM began digging on April 11, shortly after the two huge digging machines that will create the twin tunnels had been assembled.

Together, the TBMs, which were shipped from Germany last December, will carve out a significant portion of the 9.2-kilometre ECWE that, when completed, will bring the Eglinton Crosstown LRT from Toronto west to Renforth Dr. in east Mississauga by 2030-31.

Keep reading and watch the video on insauga.com

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