trailer world issue Two 2010

Dossier Ausgabe Eins 2010 29 Breakthrough at last! Slowly the huge tunnel boring machine forc- es its way through the rocks. Making loud crunching noises, it crushes its way turning constantly through the last stones, seeking the way out. At last, light is literally to be seen at the end of the tunnel and the first gallery in tunnel complex No. 1 breaks through the mountains near the future Olympic city of Sochi. Up to now, this is just a working gallery, but later it will be used for the combined motorway and railway tunnel. Six such tunnel com- plexes with altogether 14 individual tunnels are being cut along the 50 km route between Sochi, which will house the Olympic Village and the large sports arenas, and Krasnaya Polyana, the venue for the alpine sports. Altogether the tunnels will have a length of 29.4 km, together with 37 km of bridges. Working day and night to be ready on time The numbers involved indicate the difficulties being faced in con- structing the demanding route right across the snowy Caucasus Moun- tains and icy mountain streams. It demands a feat of strength to ensure that the work on the route which started in 2008 will be completed within only five years. “We are working day and night to be ready on time”, says Sergei, one of the workers employed by the construction Sochi: one giant building site Work is in progress in Sochi/Russia to build the sports arenas and all the necessary traffic, commu- nication and accommodation infrastructure to cater for more than seven million tourists for the 2014 Winter Olympics. A huge construction project under time pressure. Photomontage:OrganizingcommiteeSochi2014

trailer world issue Two 2010

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