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Denmark: Fehmarn Tunnel contracts awarded to consortium

The Danish government has awarded €4.4 billion worth of contracts for the Fehmarn Tunnel that will link Germany and Denmark, according to Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. An international consortium that includes German Wayss und Freytag Ingenieurbau, Max Bögl Stiftung and Netherlands-based BAM picked up the work. Contracts include the excavation and construction of underground tunnels, manufacture of internal tunnel elements and the entry and exit ramps. Work is expected to star
June 3, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The Danish government has awarded €4.4 billion worth of contracts for the Fehmarn Tunnel that will link Germany and Denmark, according to Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.

An international consortium that includes German Wayss und Freytag Ingenieurbau, Max Bögl Stiftung and Netherlands-based BAM picked up the work.

Contracts include the excavation and construction of underground tunnels, manufacture of internal tunnel elements and the entry and exit ramps.

Work is expected to start in 2019 as the earliest, the newspaper report said, although it remains subject to approval by German authorities. Approval could come next year and the €7 billion project.

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