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China Plans World's Longest Tunnel

posted by mattie_p on Sunday February 16 2014, @04:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the mass-money-sinkhole dept.

mrbluze writes:

"Projected to cost around US$37 billion, China has resurrected plans for an underwater tunnel 123km in length, Daily Mail reports that 'the tunnel will run from the port city of Dalian in northeastern Liaoning province to Yantai city in eastern Shandong, slashing travel time to 40 minutes.'

China first announced plans in 1994 to build the tunnel, at an estimated cost of $10 billion, with completion set before 2010. But 20 years on, the project remains stuck in the planning stage. The project has also been proposed at the annual session of China's parliament every year since 2009.

A world wonder, or just another pipe dream?"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by kwerle on Monday February 17 2014, @01:18PM

    by kwerle (746) on Monday February 17 2014, @01:18PM (#851) Homepage

    A tunnel in China is not being built.

    This is not news. This is un-news. This is the kind of fluff crap that I never want to see.

    Upon completing the tunnel, I would not mind seeing an in depth on the tech used to build the tunnel and interesting engineering solutions. But only barely. It's a freaking tunnel.

    None like this, please.