Prague’s Blanka tunnel finally set to open in December

A major new road tunnel in Prague is set to go into trial operation on December 2, a city official said on Tuesday. The Blanka tunnel was originally meant to open in 2011 but the date was repeatedly put back. The project to build the country’s longest tunnel has been surrounded by controversy and is set to cost the tax payer almost CZK 37 billion crowns, CZK 6 billion more than originally stated.