A tunnel of nearly a mile below the Alps will turn travel from the heart of Europe to Italy

Italian Prime Minister Giojia Miloni and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stcker were on hand to achieve a festive penetration of the final meter of rocks to open the first tunnel under the Brenner Corridor, a key in a railway project in the European Union, which will one day continue from Helsinki to Palermo.

“In the end, there is no very big project that cannot be addressed, there is no very big project for us to bet,” Meloni told a party.

The Brenner Base, which will be the tallest underground railway in the world upon completion, is among the four projects in the main infrastructure that promises to reshape how Italians travel and ship goods by the early thirties of the last century, as Europe approaches each other.

Tunnels will reduce travel times between Verona and Munich by more than half to two and a half hours, between Milan and Paris At least 30 % to 4 hours and put the city of Genoa in Legorean Port at a distance from the financing and fashion capital in Italy – significantly reshaping the transport map in Europe.

The most daring and most unlikely projects for all of them, recently approved Missina Bridge StraitFinally, it will link the Italian main mainland with Sicily – a project depicted by the old Romans for the first time and the long -standing Italian delayed.

Tunnels and bridge projects are the first important upgrade to the Italian railway system since the launch of the high -speed railway in Rome Milan in 2008. He greatly reduced travel time between financial and political centers in Italy, killing unprecedented Roma Milan Road. The railway can now travel in less than three hours.

The current projects also aim to reduce the traffic on highways-with the largest expected impact on the Brenner Pass, which is crossed by more than 2.5 million trucks annually, making it one of the most crowded alpine routes in Europe and a decisive link in the north and south, which brings the components of Italian cars and small machines in the north. The Brenner Base tunnel aims to convert up to half of the heavy road movement into railways.

Officials also described the environmental benefits at the Thursday party.

“The air quality will improve, noise will decrease and the C02 emissions will decrease,” said Apostolus Tizicostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, by reducing road congestion.

During the follow -up of these major projects, the rail network in Italy has another 40 strategic projects in business, as many of them are funded by 25 billion euros (about 30 billion dollars) in the friendly recovery boxes in the European Union. It includes a high -speed line between Napoli and Barry on the heel of the Italian shoe.

These are the four main infrastructure projects that will make Italian and European centers closer:

Brender’s base tunnel

The Brenner Base, which will be the tallest underground railway in the world, will continue for a distance of 55 km (34 miles) between TULFES, Austria, Fortezza, Italy, extending to 64 km (approximately 40 miles) with Turneels from TULFES to Innsbruck.

The project, which is estimated to cost about 8.8 billion euros (about 10.5 billion dollars), is expected to be completed by 2031 with the first train to cross in 2032. The project, which was launched in 2007, was funded by Italy, Austria and the European Union.

High -speed railway in Tortona Jinwa

A high -speed railway of 53 km (33 miles) connects the city of Genoa Port with Tortona in Pidmont, with bonds of Milan, 37 km (23 km) of tunnels.

One of them is 27 km in length (more than 16 miles). It aims to transfer the transportation of goods from the cities of Legurian Port in Genoa, La Shabzia and Savona to northern Europe from the road to railways starting next year, to 50 % by 2050.

The time of the passenger train will be cut between Milano and Jinwa to about an hour of more than an hour and a half. The cost of 8.5 billion euros (10 billion dollars) and the tunnels are 90 % complete. The project began in 2012, and it was slowed by the difficult geology of the Abenin Group, including the discovery of natural aspostos.

Lyon Turin’s line

The high -speed rail tunnel extends 11 billion euros (13 billion dollars) more than 65 km (40 miles) with 57 km (approximately 36 miles) of the underground Mont Sinis base tunnel from Saint -Jin de Morian, France, Soussa, Italy.

It is expected to be completed around 2033. The project aims to remove more than a million heavy cars from the Western Alps between France and Italy. The time of passengers will be reduced between Paris, the second largest urban area in Europe, and Milan, the third largest urban area in Europe, to 4 and a half hours from 6 to 7 hours and a half.

The project, which was launched in 2007, was dramatically due to the environmental protests on the Italian side. It is funded by France, Italy and the European Union.

Missina Bridge Strait

The Messina Bridge Strait, which costs 13.5 billion euros (16 billion dollars), will accelerate the Italian mainland and Sicily travel and connect the railway connections to the railway and Catania, which are promoting.

The single bridge itself will extend from Missina, Sicily, to the San Giovanni Villa, Calabria, with six corridors of cars and railway. The government is awaiting final approval by the Audit Court to launch preliminary actions. It is expected to be completed by 2032.

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