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The actual tunnel is actually "only" from Austria to Italy.

• raxxorraxor 5y ago
  $11B to completely tunnel under Germany and Austria would be quite cheap. Although a tunnel across the whole alps is still quite impressive.
• curiousfab 5y ago
  This is the tunnel in question - for those who don't like to/cannot watch the video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenner_Base_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenner_Base_Tunnel
  • lioeters 5y ago
    Oh it's a railway tunnel, all the better it seems from an ecological perspective. > The Brenner Pass, in the Alps at the border between Austria and Italy, is one of the most important traffic connections between northern and southern Europe, and the motorway going over it is infamous for its frequent traffic jams. Pollution from transit traffic is a major concern.. > The goal is to relieve this situation by greatly improving the railway connection between North Tyrol and South Tyrol with the new tunnel, which will allow trains to cross the Alps much faster. The tunnel is scheduled to be completed in 2032. Austria and Italy signed the agreement to build the tunnel in April 2003, so it's been a long time coming.. In 2017, the cost estimate was 7.8 billion Euro (~8.5b USD).
    • fmajid 5y ago
      There’s no way a tunnel that long would be left to unreliable car or truck drivers, lest the tragedy that killed 11 in the 17km long Gotthard Tunnel in 2001 reoccur. On the comparable Channel Tunnel, cars and truck are carried on Eurotunnel rail shuttles, not left to their own devices.