Decision expected in Spring, 2000 concerning options for construction of a fixed link across the Fehmarn Strait between Denmark and Germany. Proposals range over a variety of bridges and bored and immersed tubes for road and rail. 19.9 km-long twin-tube bored railway tunnel costing $3.35bn most likely, with a construction time of 7 years. November 1999.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st July, 2008 for tunnel design as part of the Fehmarnbelt fixed link between Denmark and Germany. Click here to read the Memorandum of Understanding that Germany and Denmark signed in June 2007, which explains why a tender procedure is run in parallel for both a bridge and a tunnel solution. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=101523-2008, OJ S 75, or contact Femern Baelt, Copenhagen, tel. +45 33416300. E-mail fen@femernbaelt.dk. Visit www.fehmarnlink.com and www.femerbaelt.dk 20/08.
