The third mainland tunnel attempt

A public development authority proposes a combined road-and-rail crossing on a new alignment.

Land acquisition, manufacturing interests and promises of cheaper freight give the scheme substantial political support.

Test bores, approach roads and a pilot heading are constructed.

Revised seismic estimates and ventilation requirements sharply increase the cost. A pressure failure floods the pilot works in 1967.

The inquiry identifies maintenance shortcuts and incompatible survey assumptions.

Compensation claims, neighborhood opposition and collapsing political support end the project in 1968.

Unfinished approaches later become industrial roads and storage land. No vehicle tunnel reaches the mainland.

Glass Walkers, other Garou, Awakened planners, threatened fae venues and mortal residents all have reasons to intervene. They do not form one organized opposition.

Rumors of bribes and private games distract from documented engineering and procurement failures.

Several investors really did lose money at cards. That is not the same as losing a tunnel at cards.