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DREDGING has been completed on time for the £260m second Tyne Tunnel scheme – boosting new industrial development in South Tyneside.



Tunnel bosses say the work is one of the most important parts of the massive civil engineering project.




Spoil dredged over the last few weeks will be used to create more development land at Tyne Dock, South Shields.




The cutter suction dredger Vesalius completed dredging operations this week on the trench set to accommodate the four pre-cast concrete sections that will eventually make up the new tunnel between Jarrow and East Howdon.




Experts carefully monitored the dredging operation, using live information transmitted from five dedicated water quality monitoring buoys.




And despite several heavy rainstorms during the five-week dredging period, all the work was carried out in strict accordance with guidelines laid down by the Environment Agency.




Trevor Jackson, managing director of New Tyne Crossing concessionaire TT2 Ltd, said: "Dredging the Tyne is one of the key parts of the project – the trench is absolutely vital to the construction of the new tunnel under the river.