ANCHORAGE /Alaska/, August 14. /TASS/. Construction of a railway tunnel under the Bering Strait would be beneficial to both Russia and the US, American railway transportation expert Scott Spencer told TASS.
"With regard to the upcoming summit (meeting of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on August 15 - TASS), I personally believe the Intercontinental railway is one of many things that I believe President Trump and President Putin can agree on. It would be mutually beneficial for their countries," the expert said commenting on the possibility of building a railway tunnel that would link Russia’s Chukotka region and Alaska.
According to the expert’s calculations, "the capacity of the Bering Strait tunnel on the Intercontinental railway is over 400 million tons a year."
"It's 3% of the global trade that exists right now," said Spencer, who heads an independent international group of experts advocating for the construction of the aforementioned tunnel. The group unites several dozen specialists, including in the fields of railway transportation and engineering. According to Spencer, the tunnel could become the "Panama Canal of the 21st century."
"This is one that's mutually beneficial, not only for the United States and Russia, but also Canada and China," he noted.
