Around these parts it’s known as the Stunnel.
As in Stunned Tunnel.
It makes absolutely no economic sense but people like to talk about it.
And now, as CBC is reporting, the Government of Quebec is interested in the idea, but apparently at the behest of the Conservatives ruling Newfoundland and Labrador.
Talk about a place sorely lacking in new ideas.
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Super-duper Mega Update: The Northern Pen two days ago -
The Pen can reveal Quebec’s minister for transport Norman MacMillan wrote to provincial counterpart Tom Hedderson on December 1 agreeing, in principle, to undergo a joint study into not only the 15km tunnel, but the completion of Route 138 on the Quebec side.
The letter proposes “conducting a large-scale socio-economic study to investigate the current status and the potential evolution of economic activity and demographics within the entire territory in question, and whether the existing transport infrastructure is adequate.”
There’s a Radio Canada report as well.
