Work will connect Germany to Denmark by the Baltic Sea; Brazilian deputies organize expedition mirando tunnel Santos-Guarujá
Brazil has the work of the Santos-Guarujá tunnel as the largest project in the portfolio of the new PAC (Growth Acceleration Program). The venture that will connect the two cities in São Paulo for a 860 meter submarine connection It is budgeted at $ 6 billion and will have its announcement published in late February. With this project in mind, the FPPA (Mixed Parliamentary Front of Ports and Airports) organizes a trip with the objective of studying a work more than 20 times greater: The tunnel of the Fehmarn Strait.
The tunnel aims to connect Germany to Denmark through the Fehmarn Strait, which separates the 2 countries through the Baltic Sea. The route of the connection that will be below sea level is 18 km. The venture will reduce a path that is now made by ferry by 45 minutes by a course of 7 minutes by car or train. In addition to car lanes, two railways will also be built.
The work is budgeted at 8 billion euros and began in 2020 in Rødbyhavn, Denmark. In 2021 the works of the other end of the tunnel began in Puttgarden, Germany. The tunnel will have a depth of up to 30 meters. It is estimated that the venture is completed by 2029.
Most of the project is funded by the governments of Denmark and Germany, but the European Union coffers are also being accessed to complete the venture. By 2024, through the CEF Fund (Acronym in English for Interconnecting Europe), the Fehmarn Strait Tunnel has raised 1.3 billion euros from the European Union.
The year 2025 will be important for the project. The first structures that will compose the main part of the tunnel will begin to be installed this year. The last update of the project was on February 6, with the departure of the first 2 elements of the shipyard tunnel to the basin in front of the dry connection on the Danish side.
The decision to build the tunnel was made in 2011. The project was designed to operate for at least 120 years. The tunnel will have a toll rate to amortize the investment and fund its maintenance. There is no fare value yet, which will be defined when the tunnel is completed.
The reason the European countries decided to build a submerged tunnel was the same that made the Brazilian government opt for a dry connection between Santos and Guarujá. Unlike a bridge, the tunnel is not susceptible to factors such as wind and other weather factors.
