Project to build an underwater tunnel connecting Europe with Africa

The British newspaper The Telegraph published a report talking about the possibility of building a new underwater tunnel linking Europe with Africa.

The newspaper pointed out that the tunnel is scheduled to be built specifically between Spain and Morocco by the end of the decade, coinciding with the 2030 World Cup.

The underwater portion of the tunnel is expected to stretch for 28 kilometers to a depth of 475 meters, stretching between Punta Palma in Spain and Malabata in northern Morocco.

If successful, the tunnel is expected to reduce travel time between Madrid and Casablanca to just 5.5 hours, compared to about two hours for current flights and about 12 hours for driving, including ferry crossings, and the tunnel is also expected to be an important commercial crossing, where about 13 million tons of goods can be transported between Africa and Europe annually.

The Spanish Association for the Study of Fixed Communications through the Strait of Gibraltar confirmed that the tunnel will connect rail networks in Spain and Morocco and could carry about 12.8 million passengers a year.

This step comes within the framework of ongoing engineering developments, as this idea was first introduced in 1930.

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