The first piece of the tunnel boring machine to build the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line arrived in Port Moody today (Tuesday).

The massive section of equipment — called the cutter head, weighing 130 tonnes — came by rail and truck to PoMo from the Ontario manufacturer to help drill the 2 km tunnel under the Seaview neighbourhood, west of Barnet Highway.

Tunnel construction expected to start in February.

Photos of the Evergreen Line tunnel boring machine can be seen on Flickr:www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/sets/72157632226282626/with/10676111733/

Tunnel boring construction:www.evergreenline.gov.bc.ca/documents/TopStories/130705_HowWeBuildIt.pdf

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