From a media tour of the Waller Creek Tunnel Project in downtown Austin, Texas during construction. The tunnel was built to reduce flooding along Waller Creek and improve water flow into Lady Bird Lake. It ranges in size from 22 to 26 feet in diameter and lies 70 feet below the surface.

A construction worker displays a map of the Waller Creek floodplain Workers and media representatives are lowered down the access shaft of the Waller Creek tunnel construction site Workers and media representatives enter the Waller Creek tunnel construction site
A worker enters the Waller Creek tunnel construction site Workers and media representatives are lowered down the access shaft of the Waller Creek tunnel construction site A worker watches as media representatives are lowered into the Waller Creek tunnel construction site
Media representatives tour the Waller Creek tunnel construction site Media representatives tour the Waller Creek tunnel construction site Media representatives tour the Waller Creek tunnel construction site
Workers bore near the leading edge of the Waller Creek tunnel construction site Media representatives tour the Waller Creek tunnel construction site A shovel lays against a wall near the access shaft of the Waller Creek tunnel construction site

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