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There's nothing "pride" project about this, it actually shortens the transportation time by lorry between the industrial heartlands of Bursa and Izmir and the E

There's nothing "pride" project about this, it actually shortens the transportation time by lorry between the industrial heartlands of Bursa and Izmir and the EU. My brother, who's a lorry driver (we're from Romania), used to go to both Izmir and Bursa quite a lot, and often times he would text me "I'm on the ferry at Çanakkale". I guess that won't be the case anymore with this new bridge. While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible.

2143 5y ago
> a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else Maybe they could build something like the Eurotunnel that connects UK with France. Is there a ferry service between Spain and Morocco?
- paganel 5y ago
  Yeap, there's one at Algeciras that I know of, maybe there are others, too, honestly too lazy to search for it right now.
goodcanadian 5y ago
While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible. I wouldn't say it is impossible, but my understanding is that it is decidedly non-trivial due to geography and geology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing

2143 5y ago

> a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else Maybe they could build something like the Eurotunnel that connects UK with France. Is there a ferry service between Spain and Morocco?

paganel 5y ago
Yeap, there's one at Algeciras that I know of, maybe there are others, too, honestly too lazy to search for it right now.

goodcanadian 5y ago

While we're on it (and because my brother has just had a delivery to Casablanca), a bridge (or even a tunnel?) that would connect Southern Spain to Northern Morocco would be entirely something else, it would better integrate Morocco's economy into the EU (and vice-versa) while strengthening the ties between Europe and Africa. Not sure though how much a project like that would cost, or if it's even possible. I wouldn't say it is impossible, but my understanding is that it is decidedly non-trivial due to geography and geology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar_crossing