Is it true that the tunnel had the SAME amount of lanes as the surface road it replaced?? If so, how STUPID.
> Is it true that the tunnel had the SAME amount of lanes as the surface road it replaced?? If so, how STUPID.
I read the same thing (many years ago) and thought the same thing. There were some explanations on "WHY" it would be better below ground than above ground, but they were obviously blowing smoke. The greens there just wanted to turn the above ground concrete into a long park. A lot cheaper and certainly better would have been to build a second layer of lanes above the ground level ones like is sometimes done elsewhere (where there are space constraints). Not as much chance to steal with that, though.