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FIRST HALF OF CANADA LINE TUNNEL COMPLETED UNDER VANCOUVER

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell holds Leilani the daughter of construction worker Brendan Henry (R) from England for a photo while celebrating after an Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine (EPB TBM), 86 meters in length, 6.1 meters in diameter and weighing 440 tons broke through a remaining cylinder of rock north of Pender Street at Granville during an event recognizing the completion of the first of paired tunnels for the rapid transit Canada Line in downtown Vancouver, BC, April 7, 2007. The EPB TBM is laser guided and accurate to within one inch and should complete the second tunnel by March 2008 before the 2010 Winter Olympics. (UPI Photo/Heinz Ruckemann)

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