Gallega
Establishing Nation
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1,25 boinn (฿) — Dinasdánu — Argovia — Cetobriga — Aontúria — Toata Gallega
1,25 boinn (฿) — Dinasdánu — Argovia — Cetobriga — Aontúria — Toata Gallega
Gallegan section of Varden Straits Tunnel completed
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Salargos, Andaluz - After months mired by cost overruns and the need to rebuild sections dug through unstable shale formations, the Gallega-Salargos Tunnel Project reached a successful conclusion this week with the connection between the Gallegan bore team and Andal dig teams near the tunnel entrance on the island of Salargos. With Gallega's obligation under the Joint Straits Commission's target project of a full Gallega-Andaluz straits tunnel met, the task will now fall to the Andaluz government's project teams to complete the Salargos tunnel to mainland Andaluz which, in the spirit of cooperation, will be bolstered by Commonwealth Works Progress Administration teams in support. Opposition parties in the Congusaxa decry what is considered poor financial management by the current National Directorate in the cost overruns of the Deva-Salargos tunnel, with members of the governing Progressive and Socialist parties in the Congusaxa of Dinasdánu agreeing to a Federal Budget Office non-partisan oversight review of the project as it stands.
While the tunnel itself has been completed, work now will focus on the construction of a suitable 4-lane divided expressway through the tunnel to accommodate two-way traffic as well as a rail-based maintenance tunnel, climate control and a railway tunnel. Paving and track-laying inside the completed tunnels is expected to last into summer 2018 with an expected opening for July of a commissioned continuous Inter-straits expressway running from Argovia, entering the tunnel at the town of Deva and passing under to the city of Salargos to be jointly operated and maintained by the Gallic and Andal republics. Nevertheless, with major difficulties resolved, a completion ceremony in the coming week is expected to be attended by Andal representatives and Consul Javeriu Cantos in the city of Salargos, with the commemoration at the Joint Straits Commission headquarters in the old square. Several ships of the navies of both nations have been retained for a naval review and show of unity organized by the admirals on the Joint Straits Naval Council and a flyover by the Banshee fighters of the Commonwealth Naval Air Forces from Deva Air Station.
Once completed, the tunnel is expected to work with the bilateral open customs area already established between Gallega and Andaluz by the Joint Straits Commission to ensure a smooth transit from one nation to the other, with customs checks required only at point of entry into either Gallega or Andaluz from a non-Straits nation. The Varden Straits Tunnel is set to be one of the greatest engineering marvels in Europe and the first direct connection by land between the continents of Gallo-Germania and Himyar, with opportunities for more streamlined economic connections between the two continents through Andaluz and Gallega bringing revenue from road and rail freight and from tourism.
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