Proposed 7.8 km-long drill/blast subsea road tunnel with 2/3 lanes with arched cross-sections of 44 sq m and 64 sq m in gneiss and quartz scheduled to commence construction in 2001. Support by rockbolts and shotcrete. More information from www.vegvesen.no November 1999.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th April, 2004 for construction of lot 05 of the Eiksund connection on state road 653 comprising the 7,780 m Eiksund subsea tunnel and 900 m of access roads. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=032729-2004, OJ S 37, or contact Statens vegvesen, Alesund, fax +47 70175076. E-mail oddbjorn.pladsen@vegvesen.no or svein.skeide@vegvesen.no 10/04.Mesta won a NOK378 million contract to build the 7,765 m-long Eiksund tunnel in More & Romsdal county. It will be the world's deepest subsea road tunnel ever built, at -287 m below sea level. The Eiksund tunnel is a bidirectional two- and three-lane tunnel with maximum gradients of 9.6% on the Eika side and 7.6% on the mainland side. Drill/blast method. Eiksundsambandet is a 14,480 m crossing that will link the Hareid, Herí¸y, Sande and Ulstein municipal districts on Hareid island to the Eika island by the 405 m Eiksund bridge, followed by the Eiksund tunnel, then an at grade section, the Sí¸rheimsstranda-Hovdevatnet tunnel (1.160 m), another surface stretch and the Aasen tunnel (630 m) prior to connecting with the E39 motorway in í˜rsta/Volda on the mainland. Opening of the tunnel is planned in December 2007. Visit www.mesta.no 18/04.Open call for bids, deadline 9th June, 2005 for contract 07 Helgehorn and Morkaaes tunnels in Orsta and Volda municipalities, as part of the Eiksund crossing on classified road 653. This contract comprises of the construction of 2 tunnels, approx. 1,162 and 600 m long. Both tunnels to feature T8.5 profile (width 8.5 m) with a normal blasting cross section of 62.3 sq m. The Morkaaes tunnel (the shortest of the two) will be built first. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=073763-2005, OJ S 76, or contact Statens vegvesen, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no 17/05.Mesta is the lowest bidder (NOK85 million) to construct the Helgehorn and Morkas tunnels in Orsta and Volda municipalities, as part of the Eiksund crossing on classified road 653. The other bidders are Volda Maskin (NOK91 million) and Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner (NOK105 million). The contract includes two tunnels, approximate lengths 1,162 and 600 m, excavated section 62.3 sq m. 31-32/05.Open call for bids, deadline 7th July, 2006 for delivery of booster fans for three tunnels (lengths: 630 m, 1,160 m and 7,765 m) on the Eiksund fixed link on road Rv 653. Click no/21. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=099940-2006, OJ S 93, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or helene.andreassen@vegvesen.no 21/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th September, 2006 for electrical installations for the Eiksund tunnel (7,765 m), Helgehorn tunnel (1,162 m) and Morkaas tunnel (600 m), all single-tube tunnels, on national road 653. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150934-2006, OJ S 140, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or sylvi.sater@vegvesen.no 31-32/06.OFAS tunnel pocketed a NOK3.1 million contract for delivery of booster fans for three tunnels (lengths: 630 m, 1,160 m and 7,765 m) on the Eiksund fixed link on road Rv 653. Click no/21 and here. Read E-News Weekly 38/2006. 42/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd August, 2007 for delivery, assembly, commissioning, training and documentation of the radio equipment for the tunnels of the Eiksund crossing on national road Rv 653, including the 7,770 m Eiksund tunnel, the 1,160 m Helgehorn tunnel and the 630 m Morkaí¥s tunnel. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 38/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163861-2007, OJ S 133, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 57655986. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or torn.hellebo@vegvesen.no 31/07.