So after 15 years the swiss are nearing completion of a 57km railway tunnel, burrowing up to 2km deep underneath the alps. The cost for the tunnel is close to $10 billion AUD. What's it for? High speed rail.
Australia is comparatively pretty flat, and certainly wouldn't require any tunnels of this magnitude but apparently it's still not viable to run a high speed rail up the east coast. I know our population is a lot more dispersed, but it's still disappointing that we can't get programs like this off the ground.
Original Article: The Age
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Friday, 15 October 2010
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