Tahiti-Moorea

Tunnel Plan To Link

An American company has drawn up preliminary plans for a submarine traffic tunnel between Tahiti and neighbour ing Moorea, about 10 miles away. Papeete reports say the tunnel will be opened by 1975 if everything goes to plan, but there is no official confirmation that it will be built.

Tourists would be able to cross in 10 minutes by the tunnel instead of the hour now taken by the fastest ferry. They would pay a toll.