A German court on Tuesday opened the way for the construction of the largest submerged tunnel in the world, which connects Germany and Denmark. After ten years of various negotiations the agreement is finally sealed and the legislation passed.
The works have already started in the summer on the Danish side, however, the Germans were still in negotiations until today. Since September 22, Leipzig judges have heard complaints from the Nabu Nature Conservation Association, an alliance formed to prevent the construction of the German-Danish tunnel. At stake was the increase in traffic and the environmental impacts of construction.
Only on October 6, according to Galus Australis, did the second round of negotiations on the complaints from the city of Fehmarn, which feared that tourism would come to a halt in the course of construction, and farmers, who did not want their land to end were used to build these land routes.
The 18 km tunnel that will connect Germany and Denmark is considered to be one of the biggest projects in Europe, and by 2029 it is expected to connect the regions of Puttgarden in Fehmarn and Rødby in Lolland. Denmark plans to spend around 7.1 billion euros on this construction, while the Germans will invest about half (3.5 billion euros).
At a depth of about 40 meters in the Baltic Sea, the tunnel aims to cut travel times between countries in half. “Today, if I took a train ride it would take about four and a half hours,” Jens Ole Kaslund, technical director of Femern, the Danish company responsible for the project, told CNN. “When the tunnel is completed, the same journey will take two and a half hours,” said Kaslund.
Named Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, the longest road and rail tunnel in the world will be divided into 89 sections, each of which will be 42 meters wide and 9 meters high, weighing the same as 13,000 elephants. The construction project will employ around 2,500 people.
Although some environmental groups have expressed concerns about the impact of the tunnel, Michael Løvendal Kruse of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation believes, according to CNN, that the project will have environmental benefits. “New natural areas will be created on the Danish and German sides. Nature needs space and there will be more space for nature,” said Kruse. “But the biggest advantage will be the benefit for the climate. The faster passage will make trains a challenging alternative for air traffic, with electric trains being the best solution for the environment”, added Michael Løvendal Kruse.
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