Wexus Gruppen AS has signed a contract with Skanska Norge AS for the lease of a turnkey housing rig for 3 years in connection with the construction of the new Skarvberg tunnel on European route E69. The delivery consists of 1 housing rig for 44 people. The housing rig is delivered in accordance with the latest Building Technical Regulations (TEK17). The start of the project is February 2019. The E69 Skarvberg tunnel will be the largest new road network constructed in Northern Norway this year, with a completely new 3.5 kilometer long tunnel and additional 3.8 kilometers of new road north of the tunnel. This will remove one of the most avalanche threatened sections on E69 in Finnmark county. The new tunnel is scheduled to be opened for traffic during autumn of 2021.