NYKIRKE-BARKÅKER (Aftenposten): Bane Nor was to build a railway according to a newer model. Internally, there was skepticism towards the Italian contractor. The giant project worth NOK 6.6 billion has now been reported to the police.
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The construction pit is 13.5 km long. It is between 30 and 100 meters wide. There are long stretches over Vestfold’s fields. Crossing of busy E18. A project with three tunnels, 500-600 workers in turn and unimaginable amounts of stone to be moved.
A new railway is on its way between Holmestrand and Tønsberg, more precisely between Nykirke and Barkåker. A few years ago, the journey Oslo-Tønsberg took an hour and a half. With double tracks, in 2025 it will take a little over an hour. In addition, it will be possible to run four trains per hour.
The route has 8 million passengers a year.
The positive is that the project is on schedule. But since the start-up in January 2020, the list of problems has become long.
Aftenposten knows that there was internal skepticism in Bane Nor that the Italian contractor got the job. And to a model Bane Nor has introduced where the contractors themselves have a lot of responsibility for implementation and safety.
– It has gone better over time, states Lars Andre Tangerås.
He is Bane Nor’s project director for all the projects on the Vestfold line and the Sørlands line.
Although the contractor SapiNor carries out the assignment, Bane Nor has the main responsibility.
Aftenposten has submitted the following list of problems to Tangerås and Bane Nor:
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