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A Spain-Morocco Tunnel

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Jon Worth

14 Jan 2025 • 1 min read
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Tunneling machines. I am not sure where they are, but they are not tunneling to Morocco.

Oh this is a classic of the genre!

A Spain-Morocco rail tunnel by 2030

So much 💩 I can smell it from here!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/huge-6bn-tunnel-connecting-spain-34308458

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