The prime minister said yesterday a second Mt Vic tunnel build may well be put through the new regime. Shane Jones told Morning Report the tunnel was promised during the election campaign and no ...

The first new tunnel would run under Mount Victoria, at 0.7 km long, parallel to the existing tunnel, and the second would run parallel to the existing Terrace Tunnel, measuring 0.5 km.

The Victoria Tunnel runs from the north of Newcastle, under the city streets, down to where the Ouseburn enters the River Tyne. Back in 1842, it opened as an underground wagonway, taking coal from ...