Studies begin on the construction of an undersea road and rail tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar, linking Morocco with Spain. The Spanish government has pulled out of the drawer the big project of building an underwater tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar that will join the Iberian Peninsula with North Africa.
The tunnel will start from the southernmost tip of Spain and in particular the city of Tarifa and will reach Tangier on the northern coast of Morocco. According to Spanish Media, the draft of the Spanish budget for 2023 foresees the granting of funds of 750,000 euros to the state company in charge of the project, Secegsa, in order to update the studies for the construction of the undersea tunnel and take another decisive step to start work.
It is worth noting that the first plans for the construction of the underwater tunnel were filed in 1979, but were not implemented. Four decades later, the undersea tunnel that would connect the two ends of the Strait of Gibraltar is still an ambitious idea to be realized, but it now appears to be high on the Spanish government’s agenda.
The existing plan envisages the construction of a rail and road tunnel that will connect Europe with Africa. The length of the tunnel will amount to 42 kilometers, of which 27 will be under the surface of the sea at a depth of up to 475 meters.
