The tender documentation is for contract E15, which comprises the Kvitsøy tunnel and a new county road 4692 on Kvitsøy. This is a small part of the E39 Rogfast project that is described below. Rogfast will replace the ferry routes E39 Mortavika -Arsvågen and Mekjarvik – Kvitsøy. E39 Rogfast consists of a 26.7 km submarine main tunnel with separate tunnels for each direction with a cross section of 2 x T10.5 between Harestad in Randaberg Municipality to the south of Boknafjorden and Laupland in Bokn Municipality to the north of Boknafjorden. 2.3 km of motorway is to be constructed with that narrows and connects to the existing E39 at Knarholmen. A 3.5 km tunnel with a cross section of T10.0 is to be constructed between Kvitsøy and the main tunnel, which will be connected to the main tunnel in a two-level interchange in the tunnel. A total of 2.0 km new county road is to be constructed on Kvitsøy. See the website on the Rogfast project, (
www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/Europaveg/E39Rogfast).