Excavation works completed in second tube of Karavanke tunnel

Jesenice, 6 March - After three years and a half of excavation, workers working on a second tube of the Karavanke motorway tunnel reached the Austrian border on Tuesday, a few months later than expected. Infrastructure Minister Alenka Bratušek said she was happy that this moment had come and that the construction of the second tube should be completed next year.

Jesenice Construction of the second motorway tube of the Karavanke/Karawanken Tunnel between Slovenia and Austria. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA File photo

Jesenice
Construction of the second motorway tube of the Karavanke/Karawanken Tunnel between Slovenia and Austria.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
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