MAY 2019 | MANE RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | 13
spurs open new stadium
After 8 months of delays, Tottenham Hotspur FC’s new stadium opened back on April 3rd, with an opening ceremony before their first home game against Crystal Palace. Costing around £1bn to complete, many have anticipated its completion.
Plans for the new stadium stretch back to 2007, construction started in 2016 and exciting features include: a retractable pitch, microbrewery run by Beavertown, 60 food and drink outlets, a Sky Walk allowing visitors to walk up the roof where visitors can bask in the north London views and conference facilities available for businesses.
The new stadium’s capacity is just over
62,000 which is an increase of over
25,000 from the capacity of the old
White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspurs
now hold the second biggest capacity
venue in the Premier League, falling
just behind Manchester United.
In 2015 the NFL agreed to a 10 year
partnership with Spurs to host a
minimum of two games per year.
The Spurs official app went live the same day as the stadium opening. What a great time to be a Spurs fan!
Thames Tideway Tunnel is one of the largest infrastructure projects going on at the moment. Workers are busy constructing a 25km tunnel under London’s river that will prevent the tens of millions of tonnes of pollution that currently pollute the River Thames every year.
Back in late march the latest tunnel
drive begun. It involves construction
of the Frogmore Connect Tunnel
which will connect overflow sewers
to the main project.
At the peak of construction, 4,000
people will be working on the
Thames Tideway Tunnel. As the
project is on such a large scale,
the works are not due to be
completed for another five years.
It is dubbed the “super-sewer” as
the project involves building a 25km
tunnel under the River Thames.
THAMES TIDEWAY