Fehmarn is unsuccessful in court against the start of Fehmarnbelt tunnel construction

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The city of Fehmarn wants to block the start of construction of the Baltic Sea tunnel – and fails in court

Construction work on the Danish side: The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is to connect Fehmarn with the Danish island of Lolland

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The city of Fehmarn had submitted an urgent application against the start of construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt. And now it failed in court.

The city of Fehmarn suffered a defeat in court in the dispute over the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. According to a statement on Thursday, the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Administrative Court (OVG) rejected a complaint from Fehmarn. The city had filed an urgent application against the start of construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt because it considered the concept for tunnel safety and its financing to be inadequate. However, the court ruled that she had no legal basis for her claim.

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The background is therefore that the city of Fehmarn with its volunteer fire department is responsible by law for fire protection in the tunnel between Puttgarden and Rødby. The corresponding concept has been available since March 2021 and has also been coordinated with the state and the fire brigade. In order for the city to be able to carry out the fire protection tasks well, it must provide the appropriate equipment itself, said a court spokeswoman. The money comes from the state.

The tunnel will connect the islands of Fehmarn and Lolland

The city had submitted its urgent application after the decision of the Federal Administrative Court on the planning approval decision and referred to the supplements contained therein of a requirement for tunnel safety. The OVG has now made it clear that the city has no right to the competent state transport ministry to take action again. “The OVG has confirmed that the country has regulated everything that is necessary,” said the spokeswoman. The decision is final.

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The approximately 18-kilometer road and rail tunnel is expected to connect the island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland by 2029. The immersed tunnel is intended to reduce the travel time between Hamburg and Copenhagen from five hours to less than three hours. Immersed tunnels consist of prefabricated concrete sections that are lowered into a trench on the seabed.

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