The longest tunnel complex in Europe is being constructed underneath the Czech capital city of Prague. The aim is to reduce traffic congestion, which has reached critical levels in recent years. However, ecological organizations and many of Prague's citizens oppose the project.
"For example we need to work or to study but our heater shakes so loudly that it scares a grown man, and when this continues without end for three-quarters of a year, then you can imagine the stress that it causes."
In some flats the tunnelling has even caused plaster on the walls to crack.
The ecological organization AutoMat monitors the traffic situation in Prague, and has offered alternatives to the current project, focusing instead on ecological traffic development.
[Michal Krivohlasek, Automat Organization]: (male, Czech)
"The fewer cars we have, and the more manageable the traffic, the better the environment for life in the city, and in particular for pedestrian and cycling traffic."
NTD News, Prague, Czech Republic.
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