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Ōkīkonekuta Canal
T h eŌ k ī k o n e k u t aC a n al
Map of Ōkīkonekuta Canal
The Ōkīkonekuta Canal is a 530km (330 miles) long man-made waterway constructed across the Baratochin Dorainashi Desert and Kiiroikusa Agricultural Plains that connects the Cascade Ocean to the Osean Great Lakes; completing the Osean Canal system with the Irminëijn Canals to the south that connects the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Antiyard. It is one of, if not the, largest canals constructed on Strangereal and greatly reduces the travel time for both transportation and mercantile goods across the East Osean subcontinent. On normal days, the Ōkīkonekuta Canal has a median 32 ships a day with the max size of freighters being that of standard Panamax-sized container ships.
With a vote of 105-61 by the Baratochin Shū Hyōgi-kai, it was greenlit on December 1st. The Ōkīkonekuta Canal spent a total of 11 years in construction; with numerous industrial trusts contributing to its completion. Hana Industrial Co. and Takai-Kakushin Inc. carrying a large portion of the project through government subsidies. The total cost of the canal project was projected to be 2.65 billion OSU, however with complications and other factors, came out to a total of 3.78 Billion OSU, or 53.23 Billion Baratochin Gin; and became the single most expensive industrial project in Baratochin history. Beforehand it spent half a year in conception as its basis was formulized and concerns over environmental impact on local habitats and pollution slowly subsided.
With few political setbacks, those that popped up being settled by the Koga-Yuu Supreme Court, the Ōkīkonekuta Canal was constructed without any major crisis or loss of life outside of a few mishaps- families receiving financial compensation in its place. In total, the Canal's construction led to the direct hiring of 114k workers and dropped unemployment by a total of 2%. With countless other fields getting boosts from the Canal's attraction.
On December 31st, just in time for the new year, the Canal was declared to be fully operational with the first ships travelling through it later that day.
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