The tunnels will be 21 kilometers long.
Right now, you are about a hundred meters into the rock, where the drillers chew through about 15 meters per day.
- It is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, says Swedish Skanska's CEO, Anders Danielsson.
He is visiting London as a representative of one of the companies involved in building the tunnels for the high-speed line, which should be operational sometime between 2029 and 2033.
That is the criticism of the tunnel construction
The bill for the project has dragged on considerably due to inflation.
And critics say that the construction's environmental impact is too great.
- Criticism always occurs with this type of project, but I think it will be good for Great Britain in the end, says Anders Danielsson.