Europe is Building a 57KM Tunnel Through a MOUNTAIN - #32
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Do You Think There Should Be More Investment in Local Things?
There's concern about environmental impacts as well. I don't quite see how it destroys the area because you dig in underneath the area, very deep underneath the area. This is a lot of public money being spent. There may not be as immediate, but they're longer term investments that do pay off. As Liam said, we are using seven TBMs across different parts of the tunnel. You have to go vertically through a mountain and there's all kinds of emergency escape routes,. In case you know what that is, it means a bit of drilling and a little bit of blasting. Now, this sounds good, but it's explosive it sounds good! We've obviously got some really cool
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