The Channel Tunnel is to be extended for the first time since it opened 22 years ago with a 600metre covered section being built near Calais to stop migrants stowing away on trains to Britain.
The £4.7million project will see the tunnel encased in concrete for a third of a mile from the opening in Coquelles near Calais to the Eurotunnel terminal, where lorries and cars are loaded on to trains.
It is hoped the move will protect the line at the point where it has been repeatedly stormed by migrants. This section is currently only protected by a four-metre fence.

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