This aerial photo taken on Sept 5, 2021 shows the construction site of Nanquan section of Taihu Tunnel, part of the Changzhou-Wuxi Highway, in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province. - Xinhua
BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): Taihu Tunnel, the longest passageway under a lake ever built in China, is expected to open to traffic in December and bring several cities and regions in the Yangtze River Delta region closer together.
Tunnel boring for the mega project, which will stretch for 10.79km under Taihu Lake and cost around 5 billion yuan (US$775.7 million), is scheduled to be completed around Oct 10, project builders said in a group interview in late September.
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