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Construction on the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel known as 'Stad Ship Tunnel' will soon get underway after the Norwegian government approved startup funds for the giant engineering project. The project is going to cost around $330 million and will allow ships of up to 16,000 tonnes to navigate more safely through the notoriously stormy Stadhavet Sea.

It will stretch 1.7 kilometers through the narrowest point of Norway’s Stad Peninsula from Bergen to Alesund, allowing ships to bypass an area considered to be Norway’s most dangerous shipping zone.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration received an assignment letter from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which gives a green light to start preparations for construction.

If everything goes well, the tunnel will be complete in 2025 or 2026, the administration said in a press release from late last month.

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