Qatar to move ahead with subsea tunnel project

Jamal al-Kaabi, acting manager of the design department at Qatar's Public Works Authority, has said the country will go ahead with plans for a 12km subsea tunnel that will link the capital's new airport with the financial centre at a cost of more than $1bn, Zawya Dow Jones has reported. 'The road is under the urban planning department for the concept design and then we will be taking that project for the detailed design and construction phase,' he said. Danish engineering consultants COWI have submitted a feasibility study and a preliminary concept design, which is now awaiting approval from the Qatari government's urban planning department.