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Florence wedged under debris at Snowy 2.0 'pinch point'

Rock that's either too hard or too soft has caused delays in tunnel boring for Snowy 2.0. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Experts have been working for almost two weeks to free Florence, a tunnel-boring machine wedged deep underground at Snowy 2.0, the project's boss says.

Bogged a year ago, and the survivor of a surprise sinkhole, the latest partial collapse of a tunnel at a so-called pinch point prompted concerns at a late-night senate estimates session about another delay.

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