The integration work on both sides of the Baltic Sea must be started already now if the region is to function when the tunnel opens in 2029. This is according to the German lawyer Mirko Schönfeldt, who is himself moving to Lolland.
An internal report from DB Netz shows that the German railway network needs modernization for up to 80 billion Euro. Schleswig-Holstein’s transport minister wants the federal government on board.
Both Denmark and Germany are members of the Schengen cooperation. Therefore, the border between the two countries is not considered an external border. Still, the Fehmarn tunnel must be ready for border control.
Both employers and trade unions support the government’s plan to reform the education system. This can provide a much-needed boost to Danish vocational education.
A group of private investors offered to upgrade and take over the operation of Lolland-Falster Airport. But Lolland and Guldborgsund municipalities could not see the idea.
A group of private business people wanted to take over and operate Lolland-Falster Airport at Holeby. But the two owner municipalities do not want to sell. Instead, the airport will now primarily be used for racing, circular flights and other leisure activities.
The airport committee would like to upgrade Lolland Airport and focus on growth in business and private aviation. But the administration in the owner municipalities recommends dropping the ambitions in favor of recreational use.
The business foundation Fehmarn Belt Development, which works to ensure that the Fehmarn project will provide growth and business for Danish companies, has become one member richer.
The capital of Schleswig-Holstein has replaced its observer status with full membership in the STRING collaboration.
Femern A/S currently has no idea where the 150,000 tons of stone that will restore the reef at Sagas Banke will come from. The Danish Democrats’ transport rapporteur will now take up the matter with the transport minister.
