
Morocco-Spain Underwater Rail Tunnel Aims for 2040 Completion
The mega-project of a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting Morocco to Spain, will be operational by 2040. At least, that’s what is hoped.

The mega-project of a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting Morocco to Spain, will be operational by 2040. At least, that’s what is hoped.

Why a tunnel rather than a bridge under the strait to connect Spain and Morocco? The tunnel option was chosen due to its lower cost and minimal environmental impact.

On Thursday in Madrid, Morocco and Spain signed two cooperation agreements aimed at strengthening their partnership for the studies of the fixed link (tunnel) project across the Strait of Gibraltar, specifically in the fields of digitization and engineering.

Morocco and Spain are working on the construction of the railway tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar . The mega-project aimed at connecting the two shores and thus Europe and Africa requires an investment of 15 billion euros and will not be completed before 2040.

The construction of an underwater tunnel between Spain and Morocco is certainly an ambitious project, but it faces implementation challenges.

Doubts remain about the viability of the project for a tunnel between Spain and Morocco . In order to have all possible data on the feasibility of this mega-project as well as its cost, new studies have just been entrusted to a German company.

The tunnel connecting Spain and Morocco under the Strait of Gibraltar will not be built by 2030 as planned. According to experts, the work on this mega-project, which is still at the study stage, can only be completed by 2040.

The project to build a tunnel connecting Punta Paloma, in Spain, to Punta Malabata, in Morocco, is of paramount importance for the two countries.

Things are accelerating for the project to build a tunnel connecting Punta Paloma in Spain to Punta Malabata in Morocco. The Spanish public company for studies on fixed communication through the Strait of Gibraltar (SECEGSA) has entrusted a German company with carrying out the feasibility study for this underwater rail infrastructure.

Spain and Morocco are working on the realization of the tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar. The two countries have already invested 104 million euros - 60 and 44 million euros respectively - in this project, which should cost billions and take more than 20 years.

The titanic project to connect Spain and Morocco by a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar is resurfacing. Long shelved, it now seems to be taking a new turn with the launch of concrete studies.

The project of a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting Morocco to Spain, continues to progress. Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, presented the latest advances of this titanic project to the Moroccan Parliament on Tuesday.