Turkey to build waterway to bypass Bosphorus Straits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13207304
"Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced.
He said the 150m-wide (492ft) "Canal Istanbul" would link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara that opens to the Aegean Sea via the Dardanelles.
Mr Erdogan said the canal would be about 45km-long (31 miles), describing it as "the greatest project of the century".
He did not disclose the exact location.............."
Hmmm, that is going to be some ditch.
But the question is "Is it needed?"
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/bosporus.htm
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