The case summarized Summary:- Villagers in Kjøde, Vestland, fear for their night’s sleep due to the construction of the Stad ship tunnel. – The tunnel will come in the middle of the village, and 30,000 loads of stone will be driven past the stove doors for five years. – Kristian Teigen, leader of the Kjøde parish, despairs of the situation and has given notice that he is resigning as leader. – The Coastal Agency, who stands as the developer, has received criticism for having sold a glossy image of the project in order to avoid noise from the village. and if it becomes unbearable to live in the village for periods, there must be alternative places to live in cooperation with each individual resident. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The residents of Vesle Kjøde on Stadlandet in Nordfjord are worried about what awaits when the larger community builds the world’s first ship tunnel. The Storting wants to build the Stad ship tunnel. The tunnel run to the world’s largest ship tunnel will come in the middle of the village. It will be 36 meters wide and 50 meters high. 5.4 million cubic meters of rock will be blasted out. Half will be transported away on the Kjøde side, where 50 permanent residents live. Developer Kystverket has estimated the construction time at five years. The main argument for building the ship tunnel is to improve safety past the very weather-resistant Stadhavet. Kristian Teigen resigns as leader of Kjøde grendelag because he is disappointed with the Coastal Agency. The plan is for huge dump trucks to transport masses of stone on this road. Photo: Erling Waage – Previously, we have learned that the stone masses were to go directly to sea and be transported away by barge. But that is no longer the case, sighs the leader of the village team, Kristian Teigen. He is so disheartened by the Coastal Agency that he has given notice that he is resigning as leader of the village team. – It’s going well, he says. This is what it might look like when the Stad ship tunnel is finished. The tunnel will be 1.7 kilometers long, 50 meters high and 36 meters wide. (Illustration Kystverket). – Have sold a glossy image Teigen believes the Coastal Agency has sold a glossy image of Stad ship tunnel for 30 years, to avoid noise from the village and to get the project going. In the meantime, there have been regular drops where the plans have changed. – In the last two years, the plans have been turned upside down. Had we known that enormous quantities of stone would be transported through the village day and night for several years, we would never have accepted it, says Teigen. He believes that the local community is being sacrificed so that the larger community can save money. Teigen is not alone in being critical of the Coastal Agency. Must cut NOK 2 billion in expenses In May last year, the cost of the ship tunnel was calculated at NOK 7 billion, which the Storting thought was far too expensive. The Coastal Agency was therefore required to reduce costs by NOK 2 billion. In order to save money, and to be able to use the masses for something useful, it was decided a couple of years ago that 700,000 cubic meters of stone mass will be transported to the nearby Kjøde industrial area. The quantity amounts to 30,000 dump pallets. Each fully loaded dump truck will weigh 100 tonnes. This type of dump truck, the Volvo A60H, is considered to be used to transport huge quantities of stone mass through the village of Kjøde. The dumper with load will weigh 99 tonnes. Photo: Volvo Defies warning against the use of dump trucks The administration in Vestland County does not want large dump trucks to be used. It is shown that they will constitute an “increased danger for other road users” and that the zero vision of “no one killed or seriously injured in road traffic” may be broken. Nevertheless, the county politicians in Vestland are open to allowing large dump trucks to be used on the county road. The main argument is that it can result in savings of over NOK 100 million. The dump trucks will have an axle load that is 2.5 times greater and 1.2 meters wider than what is legal today. Ultimately, it is the Norwegian Road Administration that decides whether a dispensation will be granted for the use of dump trucks. Kristian Teigen thinks it is incomprehensible that county politicians are opening up the use of dumps with the objections that have come from professionals in the county municipality. This is what the Stad ship tunnel might look like on the inside. (Illustration Kystverket). Rejects criticism City ship tunnel Illustration: KYSTVERKET/SNØHETTA Will be the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel. Stadhavet is the most weather-exposed and most dangerous stretch of sea along the Norwegian coast. The aim of the project is to ensure safer sailing past Stad. The tunnel will be 1.7 km long – 2,200 meters from the tip of the change structures. The height between the roof and the bottom is 50 metres. The width between the walls in the tunnel is 36 metres. The tunnel will secure ship traffic over the weather-exposed Stadhavet. Boats the size of Hurtigruta are the largest that can pass through the tunnel. Construction time 5 years. The Storting has given a clear signal that the project should not exceed NOK 5 billion (2020 kroner). The latest cost calculations point more in the direction of NOK 7 billion. Source: Coastal Administration Project manager for City Ship Tunnel in the Coastal Administration, Terje Skjeppestad, does not recognize Teigen’s criticism. He believes that the use of dump trucks will reduce the burden on the villagers because the use of lorries will result in three times as many journeys through the village. He says that work is also being done to create own footpaths to improve the safety of the villagers. If the road is damaged, it will be repaired at the Coastal Administration’s expense Project manager for the City Ship Tunnel at the Coastal Administration, Terje Skjeppestad, understands that it can be challenging to build in the vicinity of such a large project. At the same time, he believes that the dialogue with the villagers has been good. Photo: Kystverket Using barges will lead to even more noise and dust problems than using dump trucks, according to Skjeppestad. In addition, it will be far too expensive. – We understand that it is challenging to live in the vicinity of such a large project. That is why we have tried to have dialogue through public meetings and direct contact, he says. The next public meeting will be at the end of February. Skjeppestad admits that stone will also be transported through the village at night. – But for night work there will be stricter noise requirements than work during the day, he says. On this municipal road, 30,000 loads of stone mass will be transported during the work on the Stad ship tunnel. County roads will also be used to transport stone. Photo: Erling Waage Will have to move if it becomes unlivable Skjeppestad says that several people have been offered mitigating measures such as noise insulation. – But should it become unbearable to live in the village for periods, we must find alternative places to live in cooperation with each individual resident, he says. The signal to find new homes if it becomes impossible to live in the village shows how serious the situation is, Teigen believes. – Many begin to feel it really unbearable. People lose sleep at night and fear falling ill, he says. Thinks the tunnel is important Randi Humborstad in Måløy Vekst thinks the ship tunnel will be very important for the entire coastal business community. Stad ship tunnel will open up entirely new transport options for both goods and passenger traffic by sea, believes Randi Humborstad in Måløy Vekst. She points out that the tunnel will also make sea transport safer and more environmentally friendly. Photo: Øystein Torheim – Stadhavet is a bottleneck for all coastal traffic. It is not good social economy for goods transports that correspond to many hundreds of trailer loads to stop for days, as soon as there is a storm near Stad. She says that business in the region expects increased turnover, more jobs and increased innovation with the City Ship Tunnel.
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City ship tunnel creates unrest in Kjøde
