by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
43 percent of the inhabitants of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein remain neutral regarding the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, 34 percent are positive, while 14 percent are negative, according to a survey for STRING by research company YouGov. The survey was...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Infrastrukture
The Fehmarnbelt construction project is to be postponed again. This became apparent when the new Danish Transport Minister Ole Birk Olesen met with Schleswig-Holstein’s Transport Minister Reinhard Meyer in Kiel on 12 December. According to Meyer, the final decision on...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
The economic arguments for the Fixed Link appear to be accepted by a majority of the people in Skåne, Zealand and North Germany, but with some differences. 62 per cent of the people living on Zealand believe that the Danish economy will benefit from the link, 37 per...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
Survey shows a majority think the environment will be affected “to some extend” or more. The environmental consequences of the construction of the Fixed Link are a major focus in the German debate, as they were in Denmark before the construction of the Great Belt Link...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Infrastrukture
GREAT, the STRING initiated EU project, is making GREAT progress. The project connects Hamburg, Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo and Stockholm by building a green corridor with alternative fuel infrastructure. The aim is to lower thresholds and help speed up the shift to...
