P.M. BRIEFING : Channel Tunnel Woes Resolved
From Times Wire Services
LONDON —
Developers announced a deal today to rescue the partially built Channel Tunnel linking Britain to France after cash disputes and personality clashes threatened to wreck one of the world’s biggest engineering projects.
The developers’ clash with the builders--almost as fiery as the old rivalry between Britain and France--was allayed when developers Eurotunnel appointed a U.S. executive, John Neerhout of Bechtel, to manage their relations with builders Transmanche Link.
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