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"Threatened" by Tunnels

WHS where there are/have been plans to build a tunnel regarded by UNESCO/ICOMOS as potentially damaging to the OUV of the site (irrespective of whether the site of the Tunnel is inside the Inscribed/Buffer zones or not).

World Heritage Sites connected to '"Threatened" by Tunnels':

  • Kakadu National Park Jabiluka Uranium mine tunnel ; link
  • Old City of Jerusalem The Western Wall Tunnel
  • Prague "The Blanka tunnel, which is to form part of a planned ring road around the city, runs only a few hundred metres from the protected area of Prague Castle." ; link
  • Semmering Railway ; link
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí Madrid-Barcelona high speed Train line; link