Work on world’s longest immersed tunnel connecting Denmark & Germany to begin in Jan 2021

While world is grappling to contain dely Coronavirus, Denmark on April 24 reportedly anunced construction of world’s longest submerged tunnel to Germany. According to an international media outlet, project which was supposed to start by mid-2020, will w begin on January 1 next year due to unprecedented pandemic. 

While speaking to an international media outlet, Ministry of Transport and Housing said that work on Fehmarnbelt, link of 10 minutes or less for cars and trains, would begin on Danish island of Lolland. ministry informed that underwater tunnel, which will almost be 18 kilometres in length, will link Danish region of Lolland-Falster with Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. 

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Danish transport minister, Benny Engelbrecht reportedly said that Fehmarnbelt link will be a new gateway to Europe and a new gateway for future green transport solutions. As per reports, new underwater tunnel won’t be anything like Channel Tunnel under English Channel and Japan’s Seikan Tunnel under Tsugaru Strait. authorities said that Fehmarnbelt will t lie under seabed. 

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Inste, tunnel is planned to be constructed in hollow concrete sections that are to be submerged and place in a trench dug into Baltic Seafloor. ministry in a statement said that consortium in charge of project h planned to start construction in mid-2020, but ‘among or things’ because of pandemic it h t proved possible. 

tunnel is expected to be operational by mid-2029 and will be linking German and Danish regions in 10 minutes by car and seven minutes by train. usually, ferry takes an hour to cover distance. new project will also replace 160-kilometre detour that one has to take through Danish region of Jutland to reach Germany. However, as per reports, on German side, launch of work still awaits a court decision to validate approval given by authorities. 

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