Editing Channel Tunnel (section)

=== Arrangement ===
[[File:Channel Tunnel project relations flow chart 1.svg|thumb|A block diagram describing the organisation structure used on the project. Eurotunnel is the central organisation for construction and operation (via a concession) of the tunnel.]]

The British ''Channel Tunnel Group'' consisted of two banks and five construction companies, while their French counterparts, ''France–Manche'', consisted of three banks and five construction companies. The banks' role was to advise on financing and secure loan commitments. On 2 July 1985, the groups formed Channel Tunnel Group/France–Manche (CTG/F–M). Their submission to the British and French governments was drawn from the 1975 project, including 11&nbsp;volumes and a substantial environmental impact statement.<ref name="Wilson pp. 14–21"/>

The Anglo-French Treaty on the Channel Tunnel was signed by both governments in [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. The [[Treaty of Canterbury (1986)]] prepared the Concession for the construction and operation of the Fixed Link by privately owned companies and outlined arbitration methods to be used in the event of disputes. It established the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC), responsible for monitoring all matters associated with the Tunnel's construction and operation on behalf of the British and French governments, and a Safety Authority to advise the IGC. It drew a [[France–UK border|land frontier between the two countries]] in the middle of the Channel tunnel—the first of its kind.<ref name=autogenerated1>Eurotunnel 2005 Annual Review, accessed on 10 December 2007 {{cite web |url=http://ww1.eurotunnel.com/NR/rdonlyres/D8313D6F-2EAB-4FA7-85DB-8A822E0E3A3E/0/UK_2_partie_RA2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530173047/http://ww1.eurotunnel.com/NR/rdonlyres/D8313D6F-2EAB-4FA7-85DB-8A822E0E3A3E/0/UK_2_partie_RA2005.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>BBC Inside Out – South East: Monday 14 October 2002, accessed on 11 December 2007 http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/southeast/series1/channel-tunnel.shtml</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Treaty concerning the construction and operation by private concessionaires of a channel fixed link. Signed at Canterbury on 12 February 1986|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201497/volume-1497-I-25792-English.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%201497/volume-1497-I-25792-English.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2022 |url-status=live|editor=United Nations}}</ref>

Design and construction were done by the ten construction companies in the CTG/F-M group. The French terminal and boring from Sangatte were done by the five French construction companies in the joint venture group ''GIE Transmanche Construction''. The English Terminal and boring from Shakespeare Cliff were done by the five British construction companies in the ''Translink Joint Venture''. The two partnerships were linked by a bi-national project organisation, [[TransManche Link]] (TML).<ref name="Wilson pp. 14–21"/> The ''Maître d'Oeuvre'' was a supervisory engineering body employed by Eurotunnel under the terms of the concession that monitored the project and reported to the governments and banks.<ref name="Kirkland pp.10–11">Kirkland pp. 10–11</ref>

In France, with its long tradition of infrastructure investment, the project had widespread approval. The French National Assembly approved it unanimously in April 1987, and after a public inquiry, the Senate approved it unanimously in June. In Britain, select committees examined the proposal, making history by holding hearings away from Westminster, in Kent. In February 1987, the third reading of the Channel Tunnel Bill took place in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], and passed by 94&nbsp;votes to 22. The [[Channel Tunnel Act 1987|Channel Tunnel Act]] gained [[Royal assent]] and passed into law in July.<ref name="Wilson pp. 14–21"/> Parliamentary support for the project came partly from provincial members of Parliament on the basis of promises of [[regional Eurostar]] through train services that never materialised; the promises were repeated in 1996 when the contract for construction of the [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] was awarded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary note on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link |url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snbt-00070.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423162022/http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snbt-00070.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2010 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>