TransManche Link

In April 1985 the British and French governments invited proposals for the construction of a link between the two countries to be privately funded.

At Canterbury Cathedral on 12 February 1986 the governments signed a treaty approving construction of the Channel Tunnel.

In October 1986 Eurotunnel was partially floated and the contractors and banks no longer exercised control over the company.

Beginning in 1987 relations between TML and Eurotunnel deteriorated, with significant and increasingly public rows erupting over cost and programme management.

The participants were as follows:[1] Channel Tunnel Group (later Translink Contractors) France Manche (later Transmanche Construction)