Chunnel resurfaces
24th January 1981, Page 7
24th January 1981
Page 7
Page 7, 24th January 1981
— Chunnel resurfaces
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Channel Tunnel, Eurostar, Rail Transport In England, Transport In France, Transport In Kent, Tunnel, Folkestone, Strait Of Gibraltar Crossing, Politics
TRANSPORT MINISTER Norman Fowler's Channel Tunnel dream may come true if a Tarmac contruction group proposal for a privately financed tunnel is put into effect.
The company, in association with merchant bankers, has sent the Government proposals for a privately-financed twin-tube rail tunnel which could be under construction by 1984, and in use by 1990.
British interests would provide half of the estimated £1.73bn (1981 prices) funds needed for the project which, initially, would be a 7m single-bore rail tunnel with 4.5m service tunnel, as planned by British Rail.
Partial terminal facilities would follow at Cheriton, near Folkestone, and at Frethun, near Calais, and a second rail tunnel would be added in 2004.
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