Four tunnel elements are now resting on the seabed between Denmark and Germany, and Sund & Bælt expects another two to be put in place before the end of the year.
But that does not necessarily mean the new overall timetable will also be ready this year.
First, the contractor must immerse the tunnel’s first special element and then connect another standard element to it. The six elements are intended to provide Femern A/S with the experience needed to calculate the new timetable and reassess the project finances.
Sund & Bælt will not say when the final timetable will be ready.
- Once the six elements are in place, the final calculation of the new timetable and project finances will follow. It is, of course, a complex piece of work, so the short – and slightly boring – answer is that it will take as long as it takes, and we will publish it when the time comes, press officer Andrew Crone-Langkjær tells FemernBusiness.
He also declines to set a final deadline for when the sixth element must be in place if the timetable is to be published this year. The company simply maintains that it expects all six elements to be immersed before the end of the year.
The next immersions depend on several days of stable weather. Sund & Bælt will not say how many suitable weather windows are expected for the rest of the year, but stresses that there are fewer days with favourable weather in autumn and winter.
