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Green light of the Norwegian government to the construction of the first gallery for ships to the world
In the tunnel, along 1,7 kilometers, the postal ferries Hurtigruten will be able to journey
March 7, 2017
The Norwegian government has given the go-ahead free to the financing of the entire project for the construction of the Stad Skipstunnel, infrastructure of which it is spoken gives beyond a century and that it will afford to the ships, in particular to the postal ferries of the company of Hurtigruten navigation, to avoid circumnavigation of the peninsula Stad that represents one of the more dangerous features of sea along the Norwegian coasts in case of conditions adverse meteomarine.
The executive has authorized the appropriation almost 2,7 billion Norwegian crowns (300 million euros), of which 1,5 billion in order to realize the first phase and 1,2 billion for the second phase of the project that consists in realizing that which is considered the first gallery for ships to the world. The tunnel will be wide altogether 36 meters, of which 26,5 meters for the transit of the ships, will have a total height of 49 meters, of which 37 meters over the sea level, and will be along 1,7 kilometers.
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The Norwegian government has given the go-ahead free to the financing of the entire project for the construction of the Stad Skipstunnel, infrastructure of which it is spoken gives beyond a century and that it will afford to the ships, in particular to the postal ferries of the company of Hurtigruten navigation, to avoid circumnavigation of the peninsula Stad that represents one of the more dangerous features of sea along the Norwegian coasts in case of conditions adverse meteomarine.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
