Brussels, 18/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 18 April, Austria and Italy approved the launch of construction work on the Brenner Base cross-border rail tunnel. The 55-kilometre long low-gradient tunnel with two parallel tunnels between Innsbruck (Austria) and Fortezza (Italy) will remove a major bottleneck for both freight and passenger transit between Austria and Italy.
The two countries had previously agreed on the total cost and financing of the project. The total cost has been set...