The reopening of a road tunnel where two people died in a landslip last summer has been delayed.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond cut the ribbon to officially open the road tunnel, which has taken four and a half years to build.
In their 1950s heyday the ferries carried millions of passengers, but these numbers dropped due to competition from rail and the construction of the second Mersey road tunnel in 1971.
Billions of lire have been set aside to drive a road-tunnel under the rim of the ancient fort of Castel St Angelo, to push traffic faster along the banks of the river Tiber.
Other options include stabilising the slope above the tunnel and taking the road around or above the existing tunnel.
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He said that the first quarter of 2008 would confirm the company's progress, thanks to a boost in road traffic through the tunnel and "outstanding" growth from the Eurostar passenger rail service.
The group backs a "hidden road", including a tunnel under the railway line.
In the U.S., its holdings include the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, the Indiana Toll Road and the South Bay Expressway.
The fleet of three lorries is patrolling 19 miles (30km) of roads with some of the worst pollution, including Victoria Embankment, Earl's Court Road, roads leading to the Blackwall Tunnel and in the Euston area.
The entire state decidedly is not the stretch of road from the Newark Airport to the Lincoln Tunnel, ok?
They included a tunnel, a bridge or for road traffic to use a nearby railway when trains were not using it.
Highways Agency spokesman said road alignments to allow traffic to enter the northbound tunnel could not be done until the southbound was open.
The Long Island Rail Road evacuated its West Side Yards and suffered flooding in one East River tunnel.
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At Galore, a four-year construction project that included an 84-mile road across the wilderness, through a 2.5-mile mountain tunnel and over at least ten bridges.
Mr Hammond said the Hindead Tunnel was one of the missing links in Britain's trunk road network.
The tunnel collapse led to a number of roads being shut, including Park Road, which is one of the main routes into the city.
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France and Italy promised better safety checks for road tunnels after at least 40 people died when a lorry caught fire in a tunnel under Mont Blanc .
At Galore the four-year construction project includes an 84-mile road that will wind across the wilderness, through a 2.5-mile mountain tunnel and over at least ten bridges.
It remains a crying shame that the Crumlin Road courthouse is in such a terrible shape given the tourist opportunity afforded, amongst other things, by the tunnel linking it to the jail.
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