Sandoyartunnilin

Sandoyartunnilin is a planned undersea road tunnel in the Faroe Islands. It will connect the main island of Streymoy with Sandoy to the south. The length of the tunnel will be 10.7 kilometres. The estimated cost is 860 million DKK.[1] Construction will begin in 2018. The tunnel is expected to be ready for traffic in 2021, after which the ferry Teistin will cease its route between Gamlarætt and Skopun.[2] The tunnel will run from Gamlarætt on Streymoy to Traðardalur on Sandoy (between Skopun and Sandur), near the Inni í Dal stadium.[3] The official start of the project was on 21 June 2018, while the first blasts of the tunnel itself are due in 2019. [4] In political, legal and economic terms, the project is tied to the Eysturoyartunnilin, which is scheduled to open in 2021 or earlier. The Eysturoyartunnilin, expected to be more lucrative than the Sandoyartunnilin, will partially finance the latter (see Eysturoyartunnilin).

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References

  1. ↑ Kaj Joensen & Christian Loiborg (14 April 2014). "Færøerne får undersøiske tunneler for to milliarder kroner" (in Danish). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Sandoy tunnel". Eysturoyar- og Sandoyartunlar. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Samuelsen, Ingi (23 February 2016). "Fylla út á Saltnesi fyri ferðsluni frá Eysturoyartunnlinum" (in Faroese). Portal.fo. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ↑ http://portal.fo/skjota+nu+fyrsta+skotid+til+sandoyartunnilin.html

Coordinates: 61°55′N 6°49′W / 61.92°N 6.82°W / 61.92; -6.82

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