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Huge Swiss tunnel opens in Alps (world's longest tunnel "on land")
news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 06/15/2007 | news.bbc.co.uk

Posted on 06/15/2007 10:09:00 AM PDT by WesternCulture

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To: Reaganesque
21 miles for 3.5 Billion dollars. Not bad, I'd say.
21 posted on 06/15/2007 6:01:49 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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“21 miles for 3.5 Billion dollars. Not bad, I’d say.”

- Building rail tunnels often is very cheap in Europe.

An example from (my home country) Sweden (5.3 miles for $1.13):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallands%C3%A5s_tunnel


22 posted on 06/15/2007 6:30:55 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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