Metro “should have planned better”

When environmental appeals board Miljø- og Naturklagenævnet hands down its decision later this week about whether Metro may work at night, it will result in either more bother for residents or it will end up delaying completion of the 17-station City Ring line and add up to a billion kroner to its price.

Either way, the Metro’s management will be to blame, says Bent Flyvbjerg, an Oxford University geographer specialising in major infrastructure projects.

“They should have known from the start that they would need to work around the clock and then planned construction so it was possible.” 

DR Nyheder

This story was included in The Copenhagen Post's Morning Briefing for Monday, September 16. If you would like to receive stories like these delivered to your inbox by 8am each weekday, sign up for the Morning Briefing or one of our other newsletters today. 





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