https://www.newsweek.com/underwater-rail-tunnel-connect-europe-africa-1904671
They're talking about having it done by 2030 to help deal with traffic caused by the World Cup in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Not sure how long this idea has been floating around, but it seems to me that the engineering problems are huge -- The Strait of Gibraltar is over a thousand feet deep and is tectonically active. It might be possible, after all, Spain and Morocco seem to be capable of building large rail infrastructure projects that the United States can't do.
They're talking about having it done by 2030 to help deal with traffic caused by the World Cup in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Not sure how long this idea has been floating around, but it seems to me that the engineering problems are huge -- The Strait of Gibraltar is over a thousand feet deep and is tectonically active. It might be possible, after all, Spain and Morocco seem to be capable of building large rail infrastructure projects that the United States can't do.