Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska

Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska

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The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, would take 10 to 15 years to complete, Viktor Razbegin, deputy head of industrial research at the Russian Economy Ministry, told reporters in Moscow today. State organizations and private companies in partnership would build and control the route, known as TKM-World Link, he said.

`This will be a business project, not a political one,'' Maxim Bystrov, deputy head of Russia's agency for special economic zones, said at the media briefing. Russian officials will formally present the plan to the U.S. and Canadian governments next week, Razbegin said.

The Bering Strait tunnel will cost $10 billion to $12 billion, and the rest of the investment will be spent on the entire transport corridor, the plan estimates.

``The project is a monster,'' Yevgeny Nadorshin, chief economist with Trust Investment Bank in Moscow, said in an interview. ``The Chinese are crying out for our commodities and willing to finance the transport links, and we're sending oil to Alaska.'

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I would love to see a project go like this go ahead even with today technology a tunnel linking two continents would be quiet a feat. The catch is the more commercial aspects of the project. The channel tunnel failed to live up to its commercial billings as a result it hasn't been a commercial success.

I could be wrong but at this stage I cant see the Bering Strait tunnel going ahead.

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