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by Retric 2572 days ago
Assuming the tunnel is not in use then yes.

Here the are filling the tunnel and using a TBM. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/farnworth-tunnel-widening/1...

Widening an existing tunnel without interrupting traffic is still possible like: https://www.rocksoil.com/pdf/233_r.pdf. Though with increased costs.

However, this changes for under sea tunnels which are segments placed down and thus can’t really be widened.