Friday, November 25, 2005
A tunnel between Spain and Morocco?
The Spanish government has earmarked, in next year's general budget, 4 million Euros for the construction of a tunnel linking Spain with Morocco. The decision was taken after technical studies confirmed the feasibility of the project which is estimated to cost around five billion Euros and be paid for by the EU, the private sector and Spain and Morocco.
According to Hujaina's comment on this post it was first suggested a long time ago by King Hassan II.
The studies, undertaken by the two public companies, the National Company of the Strait studies (SNED) and SECEGSA, concluded that a tunnel of 40 km should run between Tarifa in Spain and Malabata Region, near Tangier. About 28 km of the tunnel will be constructed under water, and the rest on each side of the Strait's ground.
The Spanish government expects the launching of the project at 2008 and its final completion at 2020.
Tags: Morocco, Fès, travel, Fez,
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2 comments:
Mmmm.. Can you tell me more about the Moroccan tunnel for exporting????
Mmmm... I thought that was what you meant. :)
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