工程建设了15年，在潮湿、温热的环境中，1300万立方米的岩石被炸开和凿穿，同时也有8位工人因公殉职。
Eight have died since construction of the new tunnel began 15 years ago, blasting and boring through 13 million cubic meters of rock in hot and humid conditions.
比如佛罗里达州，前期的准备工作已经完成大半，包括征地、环境影响测评和运载能力研究，这些在5年前第一次建设高铁的尝试被布什州长阻止之前就已经完成了。
Florida, for example, already did most of the spade work, including land acquisition and environmental-impact and ridership studies before Bush quashed its first HSR effort five years ago.
在经过了四年的计划和对环境问题的慎重考虑之后，岛屿的建设于2001年开始。
After four years of planning and careful consideration of the environmental issues, construction started in 2001.
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