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Developers Mull Uses for Rare Rock Excavated for Tunnels

Submitted by Gary Reilly, Apr 26, 2007 11:39

That's the sort of thinking that should go into major projects like this. Even if the rock is not of workable quality, that is a lot of clean fill that could be put to use in a positive way somewhere.

It makes me wonder . . . what happens to all the rock they've excavated from the water tunnels? Now that is a truly a lot of rock.

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