Australia’s Longest Tunnel Road Earmarked Under Blue Mountains

Australia’s Longest Tunnel Road Earmarked Under Blue Mountains
The Three Sisters are pictured as smoke from scattered bushfires covers the horizon on Dec. 4, 2019, in Katoomba, Australia. Brett Hemmings/Getty Images
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The New South Wales government is looking to build Australia’s longest tunnel road under the Blue Mountains west of Sydney as part of a “history-making” infrastructure project.

If completed, the 11-kilometre tunnel would help shorten the commute between Blackheath and Mount Victoria, as the final stage of the 130 kilometres of planned Great Western Highway upgrades.