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New plan for lake crossing

Thursday, 20 February 2025 06:30

The on-going saga on new ways to cross the lake shows no sign of going away.

Now the Swiss People’s Party in Geneva is launching an initiative to build a road tunnel under the rade. 

This should not be confused with a proposed lake crossing – which would be either a bridge, tunnel or a combination of the two, further north.

This idea is a tunnel which would be close to the Mont-Blanc Bridge. 

Backers of the idea, which includes the motoring organisation the TCS and Geneva taxi companies, say it is the only way to cut jams in the city centre.

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