The EU Commission awards the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel EUR 159.5 million subsidy.
The EU’s member states approved the European Commission’s proposal for the allocation of funding for European transport infrastructure projects. One of the recipients is the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, which has been awarded EUR 159.5 million
The EU funds come from the EU’s infrastructure fund Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which supports the construction of infrastructure projects on the trans-European transport network (TEN-T).
TEN-T aims to strengthen the internal market by, among other things, removing bottlenecks and promoting more efficient, cross-border transport corridors.
“That the Fehmarnbelt connection once again receives support underlines the importance of the connection. The tunnel is important both for Scandinavia and Central Europe, and the funding shows that there is broad agreement on the great importance of the connection for the trans-European transport network – the EU’s most strategically important transport infrastructure,” said Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen about the result of the application round.
Fehmarnbelt, the longest road and rail immersed tunnel in the world
The Fehmarnbelt is being built 40 meters below the surface of the Baltic Sea.
The construction started in January 2021 in Denmark and in Germany, in December 2021.
Just over three years later, the world’s largest and most advanced production facility for concrete elements has been built, where the 217-metre-long and 73,500-tonne elements for the tunnel will be produced.
Built at a cost of EUR 7 billion, the 18 km long immersed tunnel will be the longest undersea tunnel once completed in 2029.
After its commissioning, it will link the two countries in 7 minutes by train and 10 minutes by car.
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