The Danish Parliament approved the Construction Act for Fehmarn Belt fixed link for the Danish section. With this approval, the authorities give green light for the construction of the tunnel to Germany and for the rehabilitation of the connecting line Ringsted – Rødbyhavn.
“The Parliament passed the Construction Act for Fehmarn Belt fixed link project, one of the largest and most important infrastructure projects. Fehmarn Belt will create new jobs and will be an important factor for economic development,” Minister for Transport, Magnus Heunicke said.
The Constuction act authorises state-owned companies Femern A/S and Femern A/S Landanlaeg to construct and operate the link together with associated land works in Denmark.
The authorities agreed to decide this autumn for launching the works on this project on the basis of a clarification of the project’s overall economy, including an updated construction budget based on final construction prices and a clarification of the scope of EU funding for the project, as well as the status of the German regulatory approval.
The fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt is a high priority project in relation to the expansion of the TEN-T and the Commission has via TEN-T preliminary announced EU funding of approximately 2 billion Danish Kroner (EUR 270 million) for the project from 2007-2013.
The new connection will reduce the distance by rail between Hamburg and Copenhagen by 160km and cut journey times to around two-and-a-half hours.
The project will consist of a four-lane motorway and a double-track electrified railway. According to the plan, the Fehmarn Belt fixed link will open for traffic in 2020. An immersed tunnel is the preferred technical solution.
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