Construction of the nearly 18-km sunken-tube road and rail tunnel link between north Germany and Denmark is now set to start following project approval late December by the German Ministry of Transport of Schleswig-Holstein state.
Copenhagen-based project sponsor Femern A/S will take 14 days to review the construction requirements set out in the 1,000-page German approval document. The company plans to publish a strategy to comply with the approval requirements in spring, leading to some 8.5 years’ construction.