 The Ministry of Public Works project envisaged a route with a tunnel of approximately 17km with maximum slopes of 18 feet per thousand and radii of curvatures of at least 300 meters, with a new station in Cosenza and electrification of the line.The planned expenditure for the work was around 20bn lire.In March 1966 construction work began on the new line, and the excavation of the long tunnel.