Originally Posted by HZ123
What a waste of monies, a tunnel, when the airport has what 10 flights on the best day of the week. Even with a new terminal it will never be a busy place. It is so reassuring to see that governments worldwide all share the same levels of carelessness with tax payers resources.
Might the money be better spent on a couple of hotels?
1. There ARE more/new hotels being build, however that is a job for the private sector.
2. The present hotels, are at present, frequently underutilised. [Actually they are currently in an awkward position. They don't have enough capacity when it is needed, but too much when not. In 4/5 years time the hotel portfolio should be more sustainable and also have a better overall 'critical mass']
3. The tunnel is a very good use of Govt. money, it should solve masses of traffic disruption, impove the lives of people day-to-day, be good for business (by improving frontier fluidity) and politically be wise because it will remove the one Gibraltar dimension to frontier fluidity. This will leave only traffic volume and the spanish officials as the factors - which will help keep the spanish honest to their recent comitments in this area!