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by tomarr 3326 days ago
You're missing the biggest one - evacuation. The reason many tunnels are oversized is to allow walkways for people to evacuate using in an emergency. This drives the size up a fair bit.
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"- Need space for a level floor, conduits/tunnel infrastructure and evacuation walkways"

Seems like you missed this part.