I was browsing the web and I came across this interesting news. The Swiss celebrated the completion of a $10 billion project 60 years in the making. It beats Japan's 33.5 mile tunnel with their own 35.4 mile tunnel. The new Gotthard Base Tunnel is seen as an important milestone in the creation of a high speed transportation network connecting all corners of Europe. First conceived in 1947 by Engineer Eduard Gruner, it will allow millions of tons of goods that are currently transported through the Alps on heavy trucks to be shifted onto the rails, particularly on the economically important link between the Dutch port of Rotterdam and Italy's Mediterranean port of Genoa. The tunnel also aims to reduce the damage that heavy trucks are inflicting on Switzerland's pristine Alpine landscape. The $10 billion tunnel will be opened for rail traffic in 2017 but Swiss engineers are hoping to complete the rail tunnel even sooner than planned.
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