Italy's economy to benefit from the proposed Alpine rail tunnel
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Going ahead with plans to make an Alpine rail tunnel between Lyon and Turin would help Italy's weak economy, given how Italy has been hit by a recession, said French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux on Wednesday. A 2,400-tonne boring machine is working around the clock more than 1,000 metres (3,000 feet) below ground on the French side of the border, even as Rome threatens to pull the plug as it reviews the 8.6 billion euros ($9.8 billion) project.
The two countries agreed in December to freeze new contracts on the 36-mile (58 km) tunnel until completion of an Italian cost-benefit analysis. Griveaux added that France had not yet made a decision over whether to challenge the EU's veto to a deal between Siemens and Alstom.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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