Work on the Mt Blanc Tunnel may be
put off until September 2024, the Italian transport ministry
said Thursday after it was earlier reported that the start of
work scheduled from next Monday, September 4, to December 18
would be postponed due to traffic pressure resulting from the
landslip-enforced closure of the Frejus Tunnel.
Transport ministers Matteo Salvini and Clement Beaune agreed
that the MT Blanc Tunnel should not close Monday, the transport
ministry clarified.
The works will be rescheduled independently of the Frejus
reopening, they said.
But the final decision is up to the intergovernmental
conference, expected to meet on Monday.
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