Mont Blanc Tunnel Closing Postponed Amid Alpine Bottlenecks
- The France-Italy tunnel was to undergo a 15-week renovation
- Landslide closes neighboring tunnel, diverting freight traffic
Cars waiting line to enter the Mont-Blanc tunnel in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie.
Photographer: Emmanuel Dunnand/AFP/Getty Images
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The planned closing of the Mont Blanc tunnel, which connects Italy and France, has been postponed.
The decision comes after a landslide forced the indefinite closing of the neighboring Frejus tunnel, which would have provided an alternate route to send cargo between the two countries. Bottlenecks for freight transportation through the Alps increased last month after a train derailment seriously damaged the Gotthard tunnel which connects Switzerland and Italy.