> Tunnels are extremely expensive Are they though? When you consider the price of infrastructure, you have to take into account the period over which the inve

> Tunnels are extremely expensive Are they though? When you consider the price of infrastructure, you have to take into account the period over which the investment will be used, the speed of depreciation and the benefits over time. In an American way of looking at things, where everything has to give a return on investment quickly, these might not make sense, but in a Swiss perspective, where folks typically think two generations down the road, the immediate cost may be high, but amortized over 60 or 80 years, it is peanuts.