SV, Høyre, Fremskrittspartiet, KrF, Rødt and Venstre have now agreed on a number of initiatives within the Nationwide Transport Plan that apply to the interval 2025–2036, NTB learns.
Collectively, the events have a majority within the Storting.
Amongst different issues, they’re forcing the federal government to go forward with the Ringeriksbanen, a practice line between Hønefoss and Sandvika exterior Oslo, which can lower the journey time between Oslo and Bergen by nearly an hour.
The venture was scrapped within the authorities’s proposal for a transport plan, however the opposition doesn’t agree with that.
The bulk additionally provides the federal government the marching order to start out work on double tracks on the practice part between Stokke and Sandefjord on the Vestfold Railway. The federal government additionally needed to scrap this, however they’re now being informed to start out the work throughout the first six years of the transport plan.
New station at Majorstuen in Oslo
As well as, the opposition agrees on the next factors within the transport plan, so far as NTB is conscious:
* Strengthening the funding for county roads with a deal with site visitors security, enterprise and emergency roads, and persevering with the earmarked grant scheme for county highway upkeep.
* Dashing up the capacity-increasing work on Ofotbanen in NTP 2025-2036, and making certain start-up within the planning interval.
* Begin-up on nationwide freeway 19 Moss throughout the planning interval.
* NOK 500 million for the subway station at Majorstuen in Oslo throughout the first interval.
* Acceleration of nationwide freeway 15 Strynefjellet, together with department to Geiranger, in order that it’s began within the first interval.
Breaking with the federal government
Final week, SV broke away from the negotiations with the federal government on the nationwide transport plan.
As an alternative, they’ve negotiated an settlement with the Conservative Get together, the Progressive Get together, KrF, Rødt and Venstre.
In observe, which means the federal government won’t get by way of its complete transport plan for the years 2025–2036, which they offered proposals for in March. The Storting will subsequently must vote on every particular person venture.
One of many the explanation why SV selected to interrupt off negotiations with the federal government was that the federal government needed to scrap the Ringeriksbanen and an extension of the Vestfoldbanen.
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2024-06-07 09:09:03
