On the 4^th January 2018 the first works started on the Rogfast project . This  will be the first tunnel built to replace the ferry service. The road tunnel will be  long. The EUR1.73 billion project includes the longest (26.7 km) and deepest (392 m) underwater tunnel in the world. The deepest section will be on the 4 km tunnel up to Kvitsoy. The Rogfast, whose construction is scheduled to be completed in 2025/2026, will tie north and south Rogaland together. Travel time will be 40 minutes faster from Bergen to Stavanger.

At the end of 2017 NCC secured the first EUR18,9 million contract (E13) involving 16 km of tunnel from Harestad to half way between Tungenes and Kvitsoy and the ventilation shaft Tungenes. Later this month it will be awarded the Kvitsoy contract (E02), value over EUR310 million, involving the construction from Kvitsoy totalling around 21 km tunnel, 2 ventilation shafts (10 m diameter, 250 m deep/high) and 2 km local road network. Click here and no/78 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.vegvesen.no/. 01/18.