Politics

The Roads Directorate and Sund & Bælt are in full swing with the feasibility studies for a possible fixed connection between Als and Funen.

The Roads Directorate and Sund & Bælt are in full swing with the feasibility studies for a possible fixed connection between Als and Funen. Graphics: Google Maps/Bernt Hertz Jensen

Muddy seabed in the Little Belt teases the Als-Fyn connection

The location of a possible fixed connection between Als and Fyn must be moved in relation to the original plan. Now it must be investigated whether the conditions are better further north and north-west.

European Energy already has advanced plans for hydrogen production (Power to X) in Nakskov. But initially, the business world proposes that the pipeline be routed through Jutland to Germany and thus bypass the Fermern link.

European Energy already has advanced plans for hydrogen production (Power to X) in Nakskov. But initially, the business world proposes that the pipeline be routed through Jutland to Germany and thus bypass the Fermern link. Visualization: European Energy

The business world wants hydrogen pipeline to Germany through Jutland, despite big Power to X plans on Lolland

Hydrogen may become the Danish export adventure of the future. German companies are facing an enormous change. But they are busy and can’t wait for the Fehmarn connection to be finished. At the same time, there is much more wind energy to be found in the North Sea.

A planned new submerged tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound risks becoming a stone in the shoe for the entire Fehmarn project.

A planned new immersed tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound risks becoming a stone in the shoe for the entire Fehmarn project. Illustration: Rambøll

Analysis: Deutsche Bahn has a plan B for Fehmarnsound – and that’s actually not so good

It is uncertain whether the new tunnel between Fehmarn and the German mainland will be completed by 2029. Plan B is to renovate the 60-year-old Fehmarnsund bridge. But it is dangerous to have a plan B, because it risks turning into plan A.

Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of Transport and Business does not recommend betting on the Femernsund Tunnel being ready by 2029.

Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of Transport and Business does not recommend betting on the Femernsund Tunnel being ready by 2029. Photo: Bernt Hertz Jensen

Claus Ruhe Madsen: – Fehmarnsound Tunnel in 2029 seems very ambitious

Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Transport and Business, Claus Ruhe Madsen, is pushing for the hinterland work for the Fehmarn connection – including a new tunnel under the Fehmarn Sound – to be completed by 2029. But even if it is possible, he does not consider it too likely.

It can be hard to get it all in a selfie when it comes to bridge construction. The chairman of the Danish Parliament's transport committee, Rasmus Prehn from the Social Democratic Party, nevertheless made the attempt when the committee visited the construction sites on both the new Storstrømsbro and the Fehmarn Tunnel.

It can be hard to get it all in a selfie when it comes to bridge construction. The chairman of the Danish Parliament's transport committee, Rasmus Prehn from the Social Democratic Party, nevertheless made the attempt when the committee visited the construction sites on both the new Storstrømsbro and the Fehmarn Tunnel. Photo: Bernt Hertz Jensen

The Transport Committee on bridge and tunnel inspection

The Danish Parliament’s transport committee visited two construction sites on Monday. The “problem child”, the new Storstrømsbro, reports, despite financial mess, reasonable progress. The Fehmarn building site coped with a triple cloudburst in fine style.

When the coastline moves south on Lolland, the Beach Protection Line does not automatically follow.

When the coastline moves south on Lolland, the Beach Protection Line does not automatically follow. Illustration: Effekt/Lolland Municipality

Political pressure for a quick revision of the beach protection line at Rødbyhavn

Excavated material from the tunnel channel is used for land reclamation in South Lolland, and it moves the coastline. But the beach protection line is still fixed. This frustrates parliamentary politician. The Coastal Directorate is ready to move on the line – maybe.

The Environmental and Food Complaints Board has canceled Region Zealand's Raw Materials Plan 2022, so now it is the plan from 2016 that applies.

The Environmental and Food Complaints Board has canceled Region Zealand's Raw Materials Plan 2022, so now it is the plan from 2016 that applies. Archive photo: Roskilde Sten & Grus

The Board of Appeal cancels Region Zealand’s resource plan

Less than a month after Regions Sjælland’s decision to maintain its “Resource Plan 2020” rather than create a new one, the Environment and Food Complaints Board is now canceling the plan. This means that it is now the raw material plan from 2016 that applies.

Sund & Bælt is now ready with the environmental assessment of a possible permanent establishment of FLC's element factory in Rødbyhavn, which will form the basis for the political decision on the factory's future.

Sund & Bælt is now ready with the environmental assessment of a possible permanent establishment of FLC's element factory in Rødbyhavn, which will form the basis for the political decision on the factory's future. Photo: Femern A/S.

Environmental assessment of permanent element factory ready

Sund & Bælt has published the so-called environmental impact assessment of a permanentization of the element factory in Rødbyhavn. The overall conclusions bode well for conservation after 2029.