National Forecast - de/40The Stuva annual report lists all planned underground transportation projects in Germany. At any given time, there are around 180 km of tunnels under construction, mainly by TBM. Of the jobs in progress, or to start in 2001, metros are a major feature, with system extensions at Bochum (2,450 m), Dortmund (7,572 m), Frankfurt (4,002 m), Hamburg-Olsdor (4,284 m), Leipzig (7,900 m), Munich (10,129 m), Nuremberg (3,986 m) and Stuttgart (10,495 m). In 2001, the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway line will also require three very large tunnels in the Saxony Anhalt region at Finne (13.77 km), Bibra (12.82 km), and Osterberg (4.05 km), while the Schluchterner (4 km) is significant on the Frankfurt-Gottingen line. Amongst the proposed road tunnels, the A17 in Saxony will require Doelzschen (2.16 km), and Coschuetz (4.71 km); the L418 in North Rhine-Westfalia will need Burgholz (3.72 km); the B426 in Hesse will need Muehltal (1.05 km); and the A99 in Bavaria the Aubing (1.46 km). For the full story visit www.stuva.de