Opening of Eurasia Tunnel pulled forward

Opening of the Eurasia Tunnel was brought forward: 85 percent of the Eurasia Tunnel project, which is planned to reduce the traffic problem in Istanbul, has been completed. The opening of the tunnel project, which will be implemented with an investment of approximately $ 1.2 billion, was pulled ahead of the planned date.
85 percent of the Eurasia Tunnel project, which is planned to reduce the traffic problem in Istanbul, has been completed. The tunnel project, which will be implemented with an investment of about $ 1.2 billion, whose drilling process was completed with the giant tunnel boring machine called 'Mole', was pulled ahead of the foreseen date. The tunnel will be put into service in December.
Istanbul will join the two sides of the bottom of the sea and just wheeled tender for the construction of the tunnel tubes will pass the light vehicles made in 2008 and the tender of Turkey from the Building Center from South Korea sketch-Samwhan-Hasin-Namkwang-Kukdong consisting of companies TKJV Turkish-Korean Joint The Enterprise Group won. Approximately 900 percent of the tunnel, where 85 workers work day and night, has been completed, while the majority of the in-tunnel manufacturing process has been completed. The drilling process was completed with the giant tunnel boring machine called 'mole'. Avrasya Tunnel Management Construction and Investment Inc. The initiative, which started to work by taking its name, was planned to complete the project in August 2017. However, the contractor company brings this date forward and plans to complete the project in December 2016. The transit fee from the Eurasia Tube Pass will be $ 4 + VAT.
Transportation time will go down to 15 minutes
Maritime Transport and Communications Ministry was tendered by the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments, a total of 1 billion 245 million dollars with an investment of Eurasia Tunnel is one of the most major projects as well as the world Turkey, was designed to be resistant to vibration in 7.5 violence. Tunnel traffic will be restricted to cars and minibuses and will be closed to heavy vehicles, motorcycles and pedestrians. There will be internet, telephone connection and all kinds of electromechanical systems in the tunnel. The Eurasia Tunnel Project, which will be carried out on the Kazlıçeşme-Göztepe line, will reduce the transportation time of up to 100 minutes between the Asian and European sides to 15 minutes.
120 thousand vehicles per day
The tunnel pass for rubber-wheeled vehicles will be connected to the existing roads on both sides with a section of approximately 3,3 kilometers under the sea. Within the scope of the project, ventilation shafts on the European and Anatolian sides, toll booths on the European side, and a tunnel operation building will also be built. One of the floors of the tunnel, which will have two floors and two lanes, will be reserved for outgoing vehicles and the other for arriving vehicles. It is expected that an average of 120 thousand vehicles will use the Highway Tunnel Crossing per day.
Air transport
The project will also be the most practical route between Atatürk Airport on the European Side and Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the Anatolian Side. The integration of the Eurasia Tunnel between the two airports is expected to contribute significantly to Istanbul's position in international air transportation.