"The Government have clearly sent the message to Shell, ‘you can do whatever you want’. Fortunately due to protest, the refinery remains unconnected to the gas field. If, as Shell planned, gas had been flowing by now, we would potentially all be dealing with a gas leak and explosion.”
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Shell's planned tunnel
The tunnel which Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan signed off on the Foreshore Licence for Shell is planned to run under Sruwaddacon Estuary which is designated a Special Area of Conservation.
Shell's planned tunnel:
- 4.9 kilometers long
- 4.2 meters in diameter
- 15 months of tunnelling
- 24 hour a day tunnelling
- 472 truck movements a day at peak construction
- 68,000 m3 of material removed
- 2.5 km of 3m high fencing

