Second tunnel-boring machine arrives at Mount Pleasant

Phyllis, the second of two tunnel-boring machines (TBM) that are constructing twin tunnels for the Broadway Subway Project, a 5.7km extension of the Millennium Line, from VCC-Clark Station to Broadway and Arbutus in British Columbia, Canada, has broken through to the future Mount Pleasant Station.

Phyllis, the second of two TBM that are constructing twin tunnels for the Broadway Subway Project in Canada , breaking through at the future Mount Pleasant Station

29 March 2023
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The custom-built, 150m long machine is named after Phyllis Munday, a well-known nurse and mountaineer who founded the Girl Guides in British Columbia.

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