DW: Germany, Denmark to Build Controversial New Bridge
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Germany, Denmark to Build Controversial New Bridge
After 15 years of dithering, Germany and Denmark have finally approved plans to build a bridge across the Fehmarn Strait in the Baltic Sea. The decision was reached in Berlin Friday at a meeting between Germany's Social Democrat Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee and his Danish counterpart Flemming Hansen.
"This bridge joining nations ought not just to significantly reduce driving time between Hamburg and Copenhagen, it's also very important for transport routes in all of Europe," Tiefensee said, adding the bridge should be completed by 2018. Both countries' parliaments must still approve the plan, which requires a treaty, the German transport ministry said.
