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Old Posted Oct 31, 2016, 5:37 AM
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Can I has a tunnel?
 
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Originally Posted by red-paladin View Post
It's not just the tolls that preclude a link to Vancouver Island, but technology itself. http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/tr...and/fixed-link
Only on those alignments. The more northerly crossing was doable a long time ago, and was considered for making Victoria the terminus of CP when they were planning it.

The hops are across shallower channels, requiring much smaller spans.
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