Facts about E39 Lyngdal vest – Ålgård

date_range 31. August 2018

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Objectives for the project:

  • Reduce cost of transport
  • No stop of operations due to difficult winter maintenance
  • No meeting accidents, accident frequency and cost of accidents which is equal or better than a highway
  • Connects the West Coast of Norway to the East and to Europe
  • Reduced distance from 120 to 100 km
  • Reduced travel time from Sandnes to Lyngdal by 40 minutes
  • 110 km/hours in speed limit


Lyngdal West to Sandnes numbers*:
Pending on final municipal sector plan.

  • Continuously construction work the next ten years
  • Project cost five to six billion euros for Kristiansand - Sandnes
  • Contracts from 200 million euros to 900 million euros
  • First contracts in the market by 2019. Contract awards not scheduled. Earliest by 2020.
  • Two first contracts
    • Ålgård to Bue, approx. 13 km. 200 – 300 million euros, 11 km road construction, 800 meters tunnel, 600 meter bridges.
    • Bue to Eigersund, approx. 15 to 20 km, 500 - 600 million euros, 9 km road construction, 8000 meters tunnel, 1000 meter bridges
  • Project numbers, depending on municipal sector plan:
    • Tunnels: 14 and close to 30 km tunnels in total
    • Longest tunnel: Hovstunnel approx. 7 400 meters in length
    • Bridges: 18 longer bridges, totally 6 000 meter bridges
    • 8 two level interchanges
    • Accessible construction area by E39 and rail road
    • 50 percentage of staff as certified craftsmen
    • 7 percentage of staff as apprentices

Geography

  • South west of Norway
  • Mild weather during winter
  • Larger cities Kristiansand in the south and the two siblings, Sandnes and Stavanger in the north
  • Third largest population of Norway
  • Well-developed and sophisticated service industry
  • International airports in Kristiansand and Stavanger
  • Rail road through the region
  • Ferry connection to Denmark from Kristiansand
  • Major harbours in Flekkefjord, Egersund, Sandnes and Stavanger
  • Regional players in the construction industry: Kruse Smith, TS Stangeland, Risa and
    Vassbakk&Stol,