There are a total of 7 TBM projects in the New York area either currently under construction, awarded or coming soon totaling roughly $4.7 billion! The caption on the nice summary table at the end of the article says ‘Sandhogs Paradise’, indeed. [Source: ENR: Engineering News Record. Image: TransitMuseumEducation.org]
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