Ceremony Marks the Start of Excavation for the Kramer Tunnel

A ceremony on February 7 celebrated the start of construction of the Kramer Tunnel, a part of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen road bypass in the German Alps. Politicians including the Minister of Transport and representatives of the investor as well as both contractors, the companies Subterra and BeMo Tunneling, were all in attendance at the northern portal. Speeches and the traditional christening of the statue of St. Barbara were followed by the first blast.