Porter Tunnel: Difference between revisions

In [[2001]] (the time setting of GTA III), the tunnel is initially inaccessible, citing [[Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule|that tunnel construction was still incomplete and had been delayed several times]]. At the time of the tunnel's delays, the tunnel's chief engineer and project director is [[Winston Cole]], while the project's financier is [[FBC Finance Group]]. The tunnel was originally scheduled for completion in April 2001, but was delayed to late-October 2001, coinciding with GTA III's timeline. The tunnel would be opened to the player in phases: first with the segment linking Portland and Staunton following "[[Last Requests]]", then the segment linking the Portland-Staunton exits to the Shoreside Vale exits following "[[A Drop in the Ocean]]".

If the player manages to reach Staunton before it is unlocked after "Last Requests", the tunnel is revealed to only be sealed from the Portland end, allowing the player to access Shoreside Vale via the tunnel (as the [[Shoreside Lift Bridge]] remains nonoperational). After "Last Requests", the route to the Shoreside Vale exits is sealed off until "A Drop in the Ocean". If the player ventures towards into the Shoreside stretch, traffic between the two Shoreside Vale portals is revealed to be free flowing, lending to the idea in GTA Liberty City Stories that these ends of the tunnel have been opened to the public longer than the Staunton and Portland ends.