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Channel Tunnel: Projects
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The Channel Tunnel is one of Europe's biggest infrastructure projects ever. It is 31 miles long, and on average 150 feet deep under the seabed. The Tunnel has three tubes (2 for rail and 1 for service) which were dug by 13,000 engineers and workers and costed $15 billion to build.
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South Korea and Japan are once again discussing building an undersea tunnel linking the two countries. There are three different routes under review. Any of the proposed routes would create the longest undersea tunnel in the world. It's estimated that it will cost five times more than the Channel Tunnel, and take three times as long to build. No decision has been made on which tunnel might be built, or if it would include railways in addition to roads. The project will be discussed at an international conference hosted by Busan City Hall and the Busan Development Institute.
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Dr Terry Gourvish was appointed by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to write an official history of the Channel Tunnel project from the perspective of the British Government. He was supported by Dr Michael Anson as Research Officer.
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In any case, the Government might well decide that the Channel tunnel project had a higher priority than even some of their most cherished capital investment plans. The problem in the joint discussions will be to harmonise the convenience and long term economic plans of both Governments.
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The biggest project of its kind ever attempted, the 50 km Channel Tunnel will stretch the limits of engineers’ experience. Due to be completed in 1993 with a planned breakthrough of the service tunnel in 1990 preliminary work has already started at both sites, the finance has been raised and the massive project, after nearly 200 years of talk, is all set to roll into action.
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The Euro-tunnel project was privately financed and continues to be privately operated. The estimated £4.9 billion total cost of the tunnel turned out to be a serious miscalculation, as the cost ballooned to almost £12 billion by the time it opened in 1994, more than double the original estimates.
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