On 28.04.2015 the Danish Parliament adopted the Construction Act for the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt and the Danish landworks, authorizing the state-owned companies Femern A/S and A/S Femern Landanaeg to commission the works. 

The Fehmarnbelt fixed link will comprise an 18 km-long immersed tunnel between Rodbyhavn on Lolland and Puttgarden on the German island of Fehmarn. The immersed tunnel and the upgrading of the Danish landworks will be financed by users of the fixed link.

In Germany, the political decision to build the Fehmarnbelt link was taken in 2009, with ratification of the State Treaty agreed between Denmark and Germany in 2008.

Construction work can only commence when German plan approval is in place and after the parliamentary parties behind the Fehmarnbelt fixed link have reviewed the overall economics of the Fehmarnbelt project in the autumn of 2015. Femern A/S has recently been negotiating with the international contractor consortia that have submitted bids for the major construction contracts. After the summer holidays, the company will present a comprehensive financial assessment and an updated time schedule for the project to the parliamentary parties behind the Fehmarnbelt. Click here and dk/14 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.femern.com. 20/15.