Green light for state funding for Öresund Bridge

The Commission approves public financing of the rail-road link linking Denmark and Sweden

15 octobre 2014 à 15h03

Transports

par Isabelle Smets

The European Commission could not find any reason to deny the state aid granted by Sweden and Denmark for the Öresund rail-road link between Copenhagen and Malmö, concluding, on 15 October, that it was “in line with EU state aid rules”. The link, which has considerably reduced travelling time between Denmark and Sweden, consists of a 16 km bridge across the Öresund Strait, an artificial island and a partially immersed tunnel for road and railway traffic. It was built between…

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