Two million crowns for. meters – NRK Oslo and Viken – Local News, TV and Radio

It will be another seven years before the runway is operational. The price is NOK 17.7 billion for just over eight kilometers of metro.

The opening is scheduled for 2027.

Almost thirty years have passed since the last plane took off from Fornebu in 1998. Since then, thousands of new workers and residents have taken over the old airport area.

Roller coaster

The mayor of Bærum, Lisbeth Hammer Krog (H), says that the road until today has been a roller coaster ride.

– It has been demanding. But we have been optimistic all along. We have always known that wisdom must prevail. A track solution is the most sustainable transportation system we can imagine, says Hammer Krog.

– Useful for society

Councilor for the Oslo Transport and Environment Agency Lan Marie Berg (ODM) pushed the button for today’s symbolic explosion. She says this is a great day for Oslo and Viken.

– We achieved a significant improvement in our public transport system. We want to build the area so that as few people as possible need to drive a car and that as many people as possible can travel by public transport, by bike or on foot.

She defends the high price.

– The metro projects that we have in Oslo are very useful socio-economically precisely because so many of us live here, says Lan Marie Berg.

Cableway

Those who live and work in Fornebu are today at the mercy of occasionally overcrowded buses if they are to travel by public transport. It has always been assumed that this is only a temporary fix.

The first idea for a suburban railway to Fornebu was launched in 1919, twenty years ago. for the airport opened.

The first years after the airport closed It was the plan to create a leaderless automatic track. It was archived in 2007.

In 2011, Ruter made the decision in principle to build a modern metro for Fornebu. Since then, delays and cost increases have followed closely.

Uncertain until the last

Until recently, it has been uncertain about the status city take half the bill, as promised for a long time.

Transport and Communications Minister Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) withheld the money until the dispute over E18 was resolved.

Just on Friday a week ago, Hareide and local authorities signed the agreement that secured NOK 8.1 billion from the state.

To avoid further delays, Fornebubanen took the opportunity to enter into contracts with the contractors and begin preparatory work.

– Optimal and ingenious

Therefore, the construction shaft explosion could begin until what will be the term in Fornebubanen.

– Getting a hint solution here is optimal and ingenious I would say. To achieve this, local and regional authorities have really aligned themselves. Then the state must also stand up, says Knut Arild Hareide today.

In 2013 he led the first joint electoral promise of the bourgeoisie, which consisted precisely of taking half of the Fornebubanen bill. He then estimated that the course could be completed in 2018.

In his speech at today’s celebration, the Minister of Transport and Communications admitted that the optimistic, but not particularly accurate, prediction has haunted him ever since.

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