Adrienne Murray
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It's on a scale that's hard to take in. The size of 600 football pitches, this colossal construction site, is where a record-breaking tunnel is being built, linking Denmark to Germany. Inside three enormous halls, tunnel segments, each more than 200 meters long, are molded from steel and concrete. Und mich zu zeigen ist Henrik Vintensen, der CEO von Tunnel-Operator Femmeln.
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Running for 18 kilometers along the Baltic seabed, the Femmenbelt will be the world's longest prefabricated road and rail tunnel. It will slash the rail route between Copenhagen and Hamburg from four and a half to just two and a half hours and replace the 45-minute ferry journey by a drive of less than 10 minutes.
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Financed mostly by Denmark, which plans to recoup the costs with tolls, this $7.5 billion megaproject has been in the pipeline for two decades. It's been delayed by lawsuits, rising costs and opposition from environmentalists, who say it will harm the area's biodiversity. Those managing the project say any impact is temporary.
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But it's hoped investment will boost the local area, and building is now well underway. Senior Construction Manager Anas Gertz-Beller leads the way inside the entrance.
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Behind these huge steel doors is seawater and the next section of tunnel will have to be placed here exactly. Jeder Segment, der 73.000 Tonnen wiegt, wird ausgelöst, dann genauer in den Platz gelegt. In allem werden 90 Segmente zusammengelegt, Stück für Stück, wie Lego-Maschinen. Das ist ein Fehl der Ingenieure.
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The bedrock is too soft to drill, but a tunnel was deemed more secure than a bridge, says Per Galtemann, a professor in concrete and structures at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Adrien Murray in Denmark.
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Well, there's been a drastic fall in the volume of mail that we send. Since 2000, that's slumped by 90% and that's really an enormous fall. And just last year, letter deliveries also dropped off by 30%. As a result, PostNord, they've faced years of financial challenges. They've been trying to cost-cut and modernize. And the big driver behind that really, of course, is digitalization.
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Many people here in Denmark would probably struggle to recall the last time they posted a letter. Und hier ist es eines der leading countries for digitalization. So there's really an app for almost everything. There are other factors too. There was a new postal act last year and that opened up the market for more private competition.
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But it's really this big digital tide, which of course is a global trend, that's really the big driver here.
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EU agrees to boost defence spending
For the workers, this is a major upheaval. For those not using the services, of course, they're not going to be missed. And this is largely symbolic. You won't see those red post boxes on the streets anymore. But some point out that, you know, the people that are really going to be affected, that's the elderly people who are perhaps... Vielen Dank.
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EU agrees to boost defence spending
I think Denmark is probably just a few steps ahead, but it's probably a sign of what's to come in other places. And we do know that... Postal Services, particularly across Europe, have been under pressure. They've been grappling with this decline in letter volumes as well. If we just look to Germany, only today Deutsche Post has also axed 8,000 jobs. That's a big number.
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EU agrees to boost defence spending
And they've initiated a cost-cutting program, which they say is in response to this long-term reduction in Adrienne Murray in Copenhagen.