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The entire stretch where Nye Veier has planned a new E6 runs from Ranheim in Trondheim to Stjørdal. Politicians from Malvik and Stjørdal have said yes to development. Now there is only a section of just under two kilometers left in Trondheim.
The Trondheim Labor Party has agreed to a new four-lane highway with a speed limit of 110 kilometers per hour on the section.
On Thursday morning, there have been talks between the Green Party (ODM), the Labor Party, the Socialist People’s Party and the Socialist People’s Party on the red-green coalition in the city, ahead of the municipal council meeting tonight. .
– We have a proposed agreement that we will negotiate later. It was a tough meeting. We have reached an agreement. I’m very happy about that, Roar Aas from the Labor Party told NRK on Thursday afternoon.
ODM rejects agreement
REQUIREMENTS: Ola Lund Renolen from the Green Party had talks with the Labor Party in Trondheim today. The MDGs have established a series of requirements for the Labor Party to continue cooperation.
Photo: CF-Wesenberg / Kolonihaven
The ODM leader in the city council, for his part, denies that there is an agreement:
– We note that the Labor Party warns that everything has been resolved as we sit and discuss in the council group on the MDGs. So they probably sold the fur long before anyone has observed bears in Trøndelag, writes city councilor Ola Lund Renolen in a message to NRK.
The council group for the MDGs rejects the agreement that is on the table now, says the municipal councilor.
– We will work with proposals to improve the agreement. This is not landing today. We continued the discussion over the weekend, says Renolen.
Zero growth target threatened
MDG believes that the zero growth goal they agreed to in the Trondheim policy is under threat. In June, the government signed a new urban growth agreement with Trondheim. The goal of this is zero traffic growth in the period 2020-2029.
So it is paradoxical that the state via New Roads is planning a new major highway, believes MDG.
– We have an agreement with the state to achieve a goal of zero growth in car traffic, and for us to achieve it, we get money. So the state also takes measures that make it very difficult for us to achieve the goals, says City Councilman Ola Lund Renolen (ODM).
ONGOING: Prime Minister Erna Solberg marked the start of construction of a new four-lane highway between Ranheim and Stjørdal this week. Before the Trondheim city council has said yes or no to a new road.
Photo: Anders Werner Øfsti / NRK
– There are quite a few paradoxes here, but they don’t really control us.
The party notes that large highway developments often result in increased car traffic. On the new E6 south of Trondheim, traffic has increased by almost 4 percent.
– We have seen that it gives more traffic when you make the use of the car easier and faster. Then the zero growth goal will be challenged, says Tore Dyrendahl (MDG), who heads the area and transportation committee in Trondheim.
He is supported by research leader Aud Tennøy in the Department of Transport Economics:
– When you build a new highway with higher speed and better capacity, you should expect to increase car traffic. This is the result that has been seen both in studies in Norway and in cities in other cities around the world, Tennøy tells NRK.
It notes in particular the studies that the institute has carried out after similar road developments in Ålesund and Oslo.
Considering popping
The MDGs require the Labor Party to agree to a series of climate measures to embrace development, says Dyrendahl.
– It is very demanding that you enter that way. Now it is important to see if it is possible to find compensatory measures. This makes it very demanding when it comes to scaling up E6 to meet the zero growth target. This means that we must redouble our efforts even more, says the MDG politician.
MORE TRAFFIC: There will be double tunnels on the new E6. Here new Stavsjø tunnel planned. Researcher Aud Tennøy from the Department of Transport Economics says that a new highway north of Trondheim will mean more car traffic.
Photo: New roads
In Viken, SV and MDG left the county council after the county approved the E18 project.
MDG has threatened to break the collaboration in Trondheim as well. But Councilor Renolen is aware that collaboration with the Labor Party may have a chance if the Labor Party accepts the measures.
– We try to come up with something that gives us good processes that can mitigate what the road inflicts on us. It may be enough for us to keep joining the collaboration, says Ola Lund Renolen.
Construction has started
Prime Minister Erna Solberg ushered in construction of a new E6 from Trondheim to Stjørdal this week – that is, before Trondheim politicians had said yes.
In fact, 21 of the 23 kilometers are ready for large-scale development. The plan is ready by 2025.
In Stjørdal, politicians approved the development before an ongoing climate survey is ready. This has caused SV to react.
– I think we’ll build a road here anyway. So we must take compensatory measures if that path goes beyond other environmental measures, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) told NRK earlier this week.
