With an ever-growing population in the Öresund region, a Swedish construction company wants to improve cross-country commuting with a speedy new metro line and “super bike tunnel” to Copenhagen.
It’s currently forbidden to cycle across the Öresund bridge, a part-bridge, part-tunnel connection between Malmö and Copenhagen, which was made famous by the hit television show The Bridge.
But if new proposals by Sweden-based construction company Skanska and Swedish consultancy firm Sweco come into effect, the dream for commuting cyclists could become a reality.
The report proposed six new connections across the Öresund strait, including tunnels between Helsingborg and Helsingör that would shave forty minutes off trips from Helsingborg to the Danish capital, a metro between Malmö and Copenhagen, and a high speed connection from Malmö to the Copenhagen airport.
The bike lane, referred to as a “super cycle path” (supercykelväg), would run in separate tunnel above the cars on the Öresund Bridge. (more)
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Source: The Local