The Norwegian government is to invest 1,604 billion kroner over the next 12 years on modernising the country’s infrastructure in a new national transport plan.
“Improvements to the infrastructure will ensure that the nation has easier and safer daily travel, reduced travelling time, increased mobility and will as a result be more competitive,” said Norway’s minister of transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen. “None of us knows what the future will bring, but we are making sure that we are ready for whatever comes.
“This is the reason why we are proposing to use 1 064 billion kroner over the next 12 years on modernising the infrastructure and on the development of safer, more efficient and greener transport solutions.
“We know that opportunities for growth and new workplaces are inextricably linked to the establishment of the best possible transport solutions. Railways, roads, ports, airports and digital infrastructure are a necessity if we to are utilise the Kingdom as a whole. We must bind the region closer together and we must eradicate queues and pollution in and around our towns and cities. To get our citizens to and from work, to be able to deliver our goods to the markets, and to be able to be part of an increasingly digitalised world, we must strengthen and improve our infrastructure”, says the Minister of Transport.”
