According to state broadcaster Danish Radio (DR), the people who live on the island of Sjælland ("Zealand" in English) prefer a tunnel ti a bridge when it comes to a possible link between the island and the Jylland (Jutland) peninsula.
Sjælland is the biggest Danish island, if one ignores the Greenland (which is really a colony). The capital of Denmark is located on Sjælland. In the east, the island is already has a fixed connection to the mainland (Sweden) via a series of tunnels and bridges between Copenhagen (Denmark) and Malmö (Sweden).
Now also a connection in the west to mainland Denmark, Jylland is proposed via so called "Kattegat Connection`.
Although the Denmark's government conducts the initial investigations for a bridge connection, the residents at Røsnæs and Asnæs want an underwater tunnel from Kalundborg. In DR's report, Røsnæs Development and Residents' Association vice president hints that a bridge and a motorway across Røsnæs would spoil the region. They say, Denmark needs a Kattegat connection,but it must be a highway southeast of Kalundborg, which goes down a tunnel between Asnæs and South Samsø.
Although any proposed connection, be it a tunnel or bridge, is expected to be via the island of Samsø, reportedly the residents of the island of Samsø are against any such fixed connection.
I am all for this tunnel but I think there will be funding issue.
Economic motivation is not strong enough. The need for a fixed link is weaker than the Copenhagen - Malmö link, yet it will most likely cost twice that.
I think eventually it will be built but its time has not arrived yet. Maybe in 20-30 years, it will be talked again.
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Sjælland Residents Prefer a Tunnel to a Bridge As A Fixed Connection to Jylland Peninsula
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