Abstract
The Faroe Islands north of Scotland has a disproportionally large number of road tunnels. In addition to 44 km of existing tunnels, two further undersea tunnels totalling 22 km will be completed by 2023. A further 30 km undersea crossing is planned, providing nearly 2 m of tunnel for each of the 50 000 inhabitants. This paper describes the country’s recent, current and proposed subsea tunnelling projects. When eventually completed they will reduce journey times between the 18 major islands from up to a day to no more than a few hours’ drive.
Highlights
The Faroe Islands is an archipelago of 18 mountainous islands located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland and 600 km west Mykines Streymoy 6 Kalsoy Kunoy Viõoy Fugloy 10/11 9 Svínoy Borõoy Vágar Eysturoy Koltur Hestur
The Faroe Islands is an archipelago of 18 mountainous islands located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland and 600 km west of Norway
The topographic characteristics of the Faroe Islands are narrow fjords, steep mountains and hills surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean
Summary
At present there are 20 road tunnels totalling 44 km in operation on the islands, including two subsea toll tunnels – the 4·9 km long Vága tunnel that opened in 2002 and the 6·2 km long Norðoya tunnel that opened in 2006 (Figure 1 and Table 1). The future Suðuroy tunnel will, together with the other road tunnels, enable 99% of the population in the islands to travel without ferry connections, and the journey time from one tip of the country to the diametrical tip will decrease dramatically.
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