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They've been working day and night! :) A friend of mine was department lead at a concrete company, the company responsible for providing and pouring the concre

They've been working day and night! :) A friend of mine was department lead at a concrete company, the company responsible for providing and pouring the concrete for the tunnel. At times he had insane, practically 24-hour work days, for weeks on end. A lot of overtime payments, sure. But he never had any free time, and was "on call" all hours of the day. We would be drinking a couple of beers, and halfway through his first one, his phone rings; duty calls, gotta go. Thankfully, he quit back in May. Now he drives trucks for a furniture company.

afandian 6y ago
That environment doesn't sound well managed or conducive to low-defect work to be honest.
- potiuper 6y ago
  It is also questionable as why this was preferred over just a tunnel or bridge between Strendur and Runavik along with linking the main road network to the other outlying islands like Svinoy, Fugloy, Kalsoy, Nolsoy, Mykines, Hester, etc. in addition to the bypassing of of the Stora and Litla Dimun islands by the proposed Suðuroy tunnel. Locals are not going to be happy about having to make a detour to an underwater roundabout tourist attraction when emergency services are needed; might as well name this the Tappan Zee of the Faroe.
  - halgir 6y ago
    It's a matter of economics. Passage will be tolled [1] and this particular tunnel is projected to make economic sense based on expected traffic. Also, there's not much interest in a bridge/tunnel connecting Strendur and Runavík. That's not what the roundabout is for. Before the roundabout was proposed, there were debates whether the tunnel should surface in Strendur or Runavík. The roundabout is to connect both Strendur and Runavík to Tórshavn without either villagers having to circle around the fjord. The other islands you mention are sparsely populated and have a hard time justifying the cost of subsea tunnels. Populations [2]: • Svínoy: 31 • Fugloy: 38 • Kalsoy: 75 • Nólsoy: 224 • Mykines: 16 • Hestur: 18 • Stóra Dímun: 10 • Lítla Dímun: 0 [1] https://www.tunnil.fo/um-tunnil/eysturoyartunnilin/prisir/ https://www.tunnil.fo/um-tunnil/eysturoyartunnilin/prisir/ [2] https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__IB__IB01/fo_vital_md.px/?rxid=8f0c8cde-441d-4c24-a4e4-de1a00aa6e48 https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__IB__IB01/fo_vit...

afandian 6y ago

That environment doesn't sound well managed or conducive to low-defect work to be honest.

potiuper 6y ago
It is also questionable as why this was preferred over just a tunnel or bridge between Strendur and Runavik along with linking the main road network to the other outlying islands like Svinoy, Fugloy, Kalsoy, Nolsoy, Mykines, Hester, etc. in addition to the bypassing of of the Stora and Litla Dimun islands by the proposed Suðuroy tunnel. Locals are not going to be happy about having to make a detour to an underwater roundabout tourist attraction when emergency services are needed; might as well name this the Tappan Zee of the Faroe.
- halgir 6y ago
  It's a matter of economics. Passage will be tolled [1] and this particular tunnel is projected to make economic sense based on expected traffic. Also, there's not much interest in a bridge/tunnel connecting Strendur and Runavík. That's not what the roundabout is for. Before the roundabout was proposed, there were debates whether the tunnel should surface in Strendur or Runavík. The roundabout is to connect both Strendur and Runavík to Tórshavn without either villagers having to circle around the fjord. The other islands you mention are sparsely populated and have a hard time justifying the cost of subsea tunnels. Populations [2]: • Svínoy: 31 • Fugloy: 38 • Kalsoy: 75 • Nólsoy: 224 • Mykines: 16 • Hestur: 18 • Stóra Dímun: 10 • Lítla Dímun: 0 [1] https://www.tunnil.fo/um-tunnil/eysturoyartunnilin/prisir/ https://www.tunnil.fo/um-tunnil/eysturoyartunnilin/prisir/ [2] https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__IB__IB01/fo_vital_md.px/?rxid=8f0c8cde-441d-4c24-a4e4-de1a00aa6e48 https://statbank.hagstova.fo/pxweb/en/H2/H2__IB__IB01/fo_vit...