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Figure 1: Location of the Vuosaari Harbour and main cargo routes
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The VUOLI project, which includes The harbour project will have a total Porvarinlahti Bay and the Labbacka
the Finnish Road Administration, the cost of approximately €680 million, broken Natura 2000 area in a 1.6km tunnel with
Finnish Rail Administration and the down as shown in Figure 4 on page 32 . double lanes in separate tubes that are
Finnish Maritime Administration, is in well illuminated. The road was opened to
charge of planning and building traffic Traffic connections traffic in December 2007.
channels (harbour road, harbour In planning the harbour project, The new 19km railway line will
railway line and fairway). The VUOLI environmental considerations have played improve rail connections for cargo traffic.
project will pay 50% of the costs of a key role and new traffic channels have It will provide a fast and safe link to the
traffic channels and the Port of been located in tunnels or in existing main line between Helsinki and Tampere
Helsinki 50% corridors for the most part. New road and and inland terminals along the way. The
railway connections will link the harbour railway line will be completed and go into
This is the first time the Finnish Road to major roads and the main railway line service in November 2008.
Administration, the Finnish Rail (see Figure 5 on page 32).
Administration and the Finnish The fairway leading to the harbour, Construction on the
Maritime Administration have worked with a draught of 11 metres and a length environment's terms
together to such an extensive degree in the of 36km, was planned so as to be as safe The harbour and new traffic channels run
same project. The VUOSA and VUOLI and easily navigable as possible. Dredging through areas that have considerable
projects have been carefully coordinated. was required over a distance of 2km, and importance for nature conservation and
Joint functions include the handling of soil dredged soil and rock was mostly used to recreation, and extensive environmental
and rock, communications, site traffic fill in the harbour area. impact assessments were conducted in
arrangements and the monitoring of The new harbour road (Satamatie) planning the project and as part of the
environmental impacts. leading to Ring Road III goes under permit and notification procedure. In
planning and approving the Vuosaari
Harbour and traffic channels for it,
attention has constantly been paid to
environmental impacts as well as financial
and technical matters, and this has
essentially influenced planning solutions.
In building the harbour road and
railway line, the moving of soil and rock
has been coordinated with the
construction of the harbour, fairway and
logistics area to provide the optimal
solution in terms of overall economy. The
harbour road and railway line follow the
same corridor between tunnels and their
construction has been carried out together.
This also saved space and made it easier to
plan noise abatement and landscaping.
Figure 2: Project Timetable
Construction of the Porvarinlahti railway
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