Swiss Complete World's Longest Tunnel, Republicans want to go back to the horse and buggy

[DainBramaged]

Engineers in Switzerland broke through the final stretch of rock today on the world's longest tunnel, paving the way for a high-speed railway deep underneath the Alps that will connect northern and southern Europe and help ease freight traffic on the continent's roadways.

Nearly six decades after the project began, workers, politicians and journalists watched as a massive drilling machine completed the 35-mile Gotthard Base Tunnel. (THAT is planning!!!)

"The Gotthard will forever be a spectacular and grandiose monument with which all tunnels will be compared," Swiss Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger told Agence France-Presse.

For the Swiss, in particular, the moment was one of pride. The Gotthard is now longer than the 33-mile Seikan Tunnel in Japan and the 31-mile Channel Tunnel connecting England and France.

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/swiss-complete-gotthard-base-tunnel-worlds-longest-tunnel/19675587

[givemebackmycountry]

1. Can't have that here...

Shit, we can't build a second tunnel from New Jersey to New York City.
Fiscal responsibility, ya know.

[Skink]

2. What's holding the mountain up?