The tunnel will be built beneath a secondary runway at Dublin Airport which is used when crosswinds affect flights on its main runways. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergPlans for a €200m tunnel at Dublin Airport that will enable operations vehicles to pass under one of its runways have been formally lodged with the local council by DAA. The proposed tunnel, which forms part of DAA’s €2bn capital investment programme at Dublin Airport, is designed to boost overall capacity, safety and efficiency at the country’s busiest gateway. The major project will involve the construction of a tunnel with two lanes under Dublin Airport’s 16/34 runway. Almost 33 million passengers used Dublin Airport in 2019, before the pandemic.

Source: Irish Independent September 07, 2022 02:11 UTC