In central areas of large towns, the placement of infrastructure services into tunnels is associated with the need for a comprehensive solution to the regeneration of technical infrastructure and boosting its capacity.
These underground structures (in particular deep supply utility tunnels) have been incorporated into general extensions plans for historic centres and large urban concentrations.
One of the uses of these underground structures is the transportation of gas ducts, which represent a more flexible, safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to the surface distribution of gas.
Example :
development of utility tunnels in the Czech republic.