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Doug Ford asks Mark Carney to prioritize 'nation-building' Highway 401 tunnel
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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Okay who actually wants this tunnel?
I’m so confused on this.
Also what happens when a cybertruck catches fire down there, won’t that kill a lot of people?
While I don't expect Ford to learn from the past, in the hypothetical event that the tunnel were to make it as far as the detailed-engineering-drawing stage, I would hope that the engineers would have heard of the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire, the Caldecott Tunnel fire, the Channel Tunnel fires, and so on, and be able to incorporate appropriate safety setup. Actually, a cybertruck catching fire would be a minor problem compared to a commercial transport full of flammable liquid doing the same—that's usually the big killer in road tunnel fires.
Good point, I was just thinking of how notoriously toxic battery fires are and what has a lot of them
It's pretty easy to control the air flow inside a tunnel if you install good exhaust fans. Might get a bit wind-tunnel-y for a while, but they should be able to get any toxic fumes out without anyone having to breathe them. A road tunnel needs good ventilation even in non-emergency situations, because the crap ICE vehicles put out in the course of normal operation is going to continue to be an issue for a while yet.