Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel at about ₩100 trillion (approx. US$90 billion), which would produce an extremely low benefit-to-cost result. In 2014, the South Korean Busan Development Institute estimated the undersea tunnel could create ₩54 trillion won (원54T, or US$53 billion) in economic benefits and provide about 45,000 jobs. In an April 2009 editorial, former Justice Ministers Daizō Nozawa of Japan and Kim Ki Chun of South Korea remarked on some of the similarities of the proposed Japan–Korea tunnel to the world's present longest undersea tunnel. The Channel Tunnel runs for 50.45 km linking the United Kingdom and France, and opened in May 1994: At
Kviven Tunnel Kviven Tunnel The Kviven Tunnel () is a long road tunnel through the mountain "Kviven", along the European route E39 highway. The road crosses the county border between Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal counties. The eastern end of the tunnel is at Kalvatn, just east of the village of Fyrde in Volda Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county). The western end is at the village of Grodås in Hornindal Municipality (in Sogn og Fjordane county). The tunnel was approved for construction in 2008 and it was completed in 2012. The tunnel was officially opened on 22 September 2012