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Review: The light rail in the tunnel will cost 3 times more expensive than the route along Bryggen in Bergen (Norway)
A new review says the light rail along Bryggen is cheaper, faster to build and more accessible to people than the tunnel alternative. Sadly, for both options, cultural monuments are endangered, reports NRK.
In 2014 the city of Bergen had decided to extend the Bybanen (Bergen Light Rail) to Åsane via a tunnel under the downtown. Since then the plans alternated between tunnel and overground alternatives depending on who won the local elections.
By latest estimates the tunnel option would cost NOK 3.4 billion while the over ground option along Bryggen would cost only NOK 1.2 billion. Also the tunnel option would take up to 3-4 years longer to build.
On 24 November, the city of Bergen will choose one of the optinos. And the Vestland County Municipality, which is the cultural heritage authority, will take favor one of the options 20 October.
I think in general newspapers overemphasize the potential damage to cultural monuments in the tunnel option although the review says also the overground options has the same risk and some buildings will have to be taken down.
Following the somewhat unfavorable report, tunnel option does not get much support in Bergen press either..
The prominent Bergen newspaper Bergens Tidende publishes "8 reasons why the Bryggen option is better". The Bryggen option is the over-the-ground light rail system, instead of the tunnel alternative.
My follow up post over the subject:
Bergen: Despite the enourmous price differential, politicians still prefer the tunnel alternative
cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
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https://www.nrk.no/vestland/bybanen-i-tunnel-vil-bli-nesten-tre-ganger-dyrere-enn-trase-langs-bryggen-1.15667320
Bybanen i tunnel vil bli nesten tre ganger dyrere enn trasé langs Bryggen
www.nrk.noBybane langs Bryggen er billigere, raskere på plass og mer tilgjengelig for folk enn tunnelalternativet, viser ny gjennomgang. Kulturminner står i fare ved begge løsninger.