Landworks

Pursuant to the State Treaty signed by both countries on 3 September 2008, the connections between the link structure and the rail and road network will be planned and financed by the respective country. This means that the coast-to-coast section and the landworks are considered a separate project. Denmark, however, reserves the right at any time, to finance the Danish landworks from earnings generated by the coast-to-coast section.

The toll station will be in Denmark as agreed.

Landworks on the German side
By the time the coast-to-coast section is opened, the improved connection to the German road and rail network is to be completed.

To achieve this, the following measures are agreed in the State Treaty:

• Upgrade of the B 207 (E 47) between Heiligenhafen and Puttgarden to a fourlane highway. The road of the Fehmarnsund bridge will remain two-lane.
• Electrification of the Lübeck–Puttgarden rail line.
• Ensuring adequate capacity on the single-track rail line between Bad Schwartau and Puttgarden.

The upgrade of the twin-tracked Bad Schwartau-Puttgarden line is to be completed no later than seven years after the coast-to-coast section is opened. The rail connection across the Fehmarnsund will remain single-track.

The construction costs for the landworks on the German side are estimated at a total of EUR 840 million (2003 price level). The costs for the German landworks will be borne by the federal government. The state of Schleswig-Holstein will contribute approx. EUR 60 million.

You can find more information about the costs of the landworks on the German side on the website of the Ministry for Science, Economy and Transport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein at http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/FehmarnBelt/DE/Finanzierung/Finanzierung_node.html

Landworks on the Danish side
The landworks in Denmark will also be upgraded by the time the fixed link is opened.

The following measures to improve the connection of the rail network were stipulated in the State Treaty:

• Electrification of the Ringsted–Rødbyhavn rail line.
• Twin-tracked upgrade of the rail line from Vordingborg to Masnedø and from Orehoved to Rødbyhavn. The rail connection across the Storstrøm will remain single-track.
• Required further upgrade and the required environmentally-relevant optimisation of the existing E 47 highway between Rødbyhavn and Sakskøbing.

The upgrade of the E 47 between Rødbyhavn and Sakskøbing to a four-lane highway was already completed at the end of 2007.

The costs for the landworks on the Danish side are estimated at EUR 1.1 to 1.2 billion (2008 price level) and will be financed the same way as the fixed link itself.