History In the Making?

Construction on the 17-mile long tunnel 328 feet underground began 14 years ago and has so far cost $5 billion.

What would drive someone to build a tunnel like this and for that cost? So they can figure out what happened at the beginning of time. Read about their desperate search here, here, here, and here, but you'll find the much more accurate answer to the question they've spent so much time looking for here.