Doubts remain about the viability of the project for a tunnel between Spain and Morocco. In order to have all possible data on the feasibility of this mega-project as well as its cost, new studies have just been entrusted to a German company.
The Spanish public company Ineco has recently launched a call for tenders for "the feasibility study of the excavation for the fixed communication project across the Strait of Gibraltar". The work consists of "verifying the feasibility of excavating (…)
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Spain and Morocco Revive Strait of Gibraltar Tunnel Project with New Study
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Morocco-Spain Underwater Tunnel Project Faces Major Engineering Challenges
23 March, by SylvanusThe construction of an underwater tunnel between Spain and Morocco is certainly an ambitious project, but it faces implementation challenges.
"As an engineer who has worked on many large-scale infrastructure projects, I’ve seen what it takes to turn ambitious ideas into concrete realities. And this one is, without a doubt, among the most daring. [...] An underwater tunnel between Europe and Africa would be a historic engineering feat, but it would be anything but easy to build," comments (…) -
Morocco-Spain Tunnel Project Estimated at €15 Billion, Completion by 2040
31 March, by PrinceMorocco and Spain are working on the construction of the railway tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. The mega-project aimed at connecting the two shores and thus Europe and Africa requires an investment of 15 billion euros and will not be completed before 2040.
The tunnel project under the strait is gradually taking shape. The Spanish Company for Studies on the Fixed Link through the Strait of Gibraltar (SECEGSA) has recently commissioned two technical feasibility studies for the (…)