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  Disclosure of technical solutions of tunnels by the press as the decisive factor for the insertion of underground works in feasibility studies of road connections for Vitória, ES

  Espírito Santo, one of the smallest states in Brazil, does not have any tradition in underground works for road infrastructure. Bridges are the unique type of structure adopted in its intersections and connections. The Greater Vitória is demanding new connections for its cities: Vila Velha, Vitória and Cariacica. The public authorities have been proposed again only bridges for these new connections, excluding completely the underground solutions, neither conventional nor Immersed Tunnels. To change this culture many reports in newspapers and magazine were published by the local press to present for the Capixabas the possibilities of tunneling. The first task of the reports was dismissing the myths about tunnels, said even by the local leaders as “a solution too expensive or technically impossible to construct”. The success of this endeavor is proved by the last governmental actions: detailed designs were hired to develop road connections with five tunnels.

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