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Yeah, absolutely its a problem. All the issues they said at the start of the project have borne out and then more with these unexpected soil issues. I suppose if I were the government in this situation I'd be looking at this as a major works project that may pay off as a grid stabilising mechanism, but has also created a unique workforce 5000 strong. I'd be looking towards what national benefit/s this workforce could be turned to next. Of course I say this knowing Snowy is a unique project, but there'd be crossover with other unique underground tunneling projects or water resource projects. Something that springs to mind is high speed rail underneath the Blue Mountains might have demand for an insane amount of tunneling. I don't know how realistic any of that is though.