Earthquake risk and asbestos threaten the Santomarco tunnel in Italy
The port of Gioia Tauro. Image: Flickr. Bruno Caccamo
The project for the doubling of the Santomarco tunnel, in southern Italy, may be halted due to the discovery of an active fault in the earth’s crust and the presence of asbestos underneath the area. The tunnel plays a key role in the development of the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor because it would allow longer and heavier freight trains to leave the port of Gioia Tauro.
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