These pictures may cheer up motorists stuck in traffic waiting for the Hindhead tunnel to be built.
They show clearly that the £371m tunnel underneath the Devil’s Punchbowl is beginning to take shape.
Work at both ends of the tunnel has now started and is scheduled to be opened on time for 2011.
Highways agency spokesman Stuart Thompson said
: “At the moment workers are boring the two tunnels.
“They have started on the north side and they have started on the south side.
“They are about 50 to 60 metres in from the north side and should meet with the south side in September 2009.”
There is further good news for walkers, cyclists and horse riders with work on the Greensand Way underpass, which runs underneath the old A3 south of the new Thursley junction, expected to be completed in September.
Mr Thompson said: “This is the walkway that is being built that will join up the two sides of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty together.
“This is quite significant for ramblers, cyclists and horse riders as it will give them the option to travel from one part of the land to the other safely.”
He added the entire Hindhead Tunnel project is expected to be fully completed by 2012.
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