U.K. OKs London Crossrail Project: $32-Billion, 7 Years
A new $32-billion railroad project under central London secured U.K. government approval October 5. Seven years' construction of the Crossrail project, including 41.5 km of tunnels, is scheduled to start in 2010.
Under development since the early 1990s, the 118.5-km-long Crossrail system will link surface networks either side of London with twin, 6-m-dia bored tunnels. It will be Europe's largest civil engineering project, claims an official at the Department for Transport.