Morocco-Spain Tunnel Project Gains Momentum After Two-Decade Pause

The new executive president of Secegsa in charge of this project visited Tarifa for a field visit, reports Europasur. During this visit, the mayor of this town was informed that "the project to build an infrastructure connecting Spain to Morocco is continuing". The authorities of Tarifa and the head of Secegsa, a company under the supervision of the Spanish Ministry of Transport, also decided to jointly develop information and communication actions to promote this large-scale project.

According to the studies carried out by Secegsa in 2018, the most viable project remains a 38.67 kilometer long tunnel connecting the two shores of the Strait. An area of 27.75 kilometers corresponds to the submarine section, with a maximum depth of 475 meters and a slope of 3%. The same studies have shown that downstream of the Strait, two breach zones of 4 kilometers in length have been located, with a clayey and difficult to excavate soil.

The report of a study conducted by the University of Zurich in collaboration with the company Herrenknecht indicates that it is possible to build a machine capable of crossing this difficult area.