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– You can imagine yourself. A sixty meter high bridge over the valley, where there is still traffic. It is not so festive. And we cannot sell. Who wants to buy something like that? Asks Bjørg Søreide.
He has been bidding for Søreide in Tysnes for 58 years. In the city there is agriculture in every year.
But soon the city may become a place where motorists speed at 110 km / h on the new E39 between Bergen and Stavanger.
It will reduce travel time by one hour
At a public meeting last year, you saw illustrations of how the new E39’s bridge can be over your home square.
The Hordfast project will replace three ferry sections with bridges and a four-lane highway. The new road will reduce travel time between Stord and Bergen by one hour, and is an important part of the plans for an E39 without a ferry from Kristiansand to Trondheim.
– Someone had to euthanize them. This time it will be the people of Søreide, the 79-year-old sighs.
CROSSING THE DALEN: This is how it should look, the bridge that will cross the Søreidedalen in Tysnes.
Photo: Norwegian Public Road Administration
He refrains from saying his opinion
Bjørg and his family are among those who are against the Hordfast project because of the significant consequences the construction has for the surrounding area.
But he has been careful to speak his mind about the new path. The new E39 is highly anticipated among many who travel frequently between cities in western Norway.
– Most of the people here in Søreide are affected. The road goes through gardens and many come to divide their property. But it’s not that popular to say we don’t want that path, I realize, she says.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration: – Will consider adaptations
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration emphasizes that the route over Tysnes has not been finally determined.
– The municipal sub-map shows the bridge over Søreide. In working with the zoning plan, we will assess whether there is a need for road line adaptations, says planning leader Ellen Slinde at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
– We understand well that it can be demanding not knowing what the final solution will be. We are looking forward to a good dialogue with the residents, says Slinde.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has been instructed to emphasize the delineation of interventions of a valuable nature when they have now started work on the state zoning plan for Hordfast.
HORDFAST: The zoning plan is already in the works. The route has been chosen, but there may be changes to the road line.
Photo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration
In the process of taking soil samples.
Biodiversity and soil studies should form the basis. Work is already underway, and recently surveyor Elling Mjaavatten was at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (Nibio) in Søreidedalen in Tysnes to take soil samples.
You will discover the quality of farmland along the route in Stord, Tysnes and Bjørnafjorden.
– It is important to show the resource base and be able to take care of the best soil, he says.
The report of the soil studies on the Hordfast route will be ready on March 8, 2021.
Biodiversity studies begin this year and continue next year. The studies include rainforests, salt marshes, species records, studies in water and streams, and game migration.
Waiting for a solution for Søreide
Bjørg Søreide and his family hope that the Norwegian Public Roads Administration will find another solution for the E39 in Tysnes.
– We know that there are many others who also get away with where they live. But we hope it will be possible to make some small adjustments, says the 79-year-old.
