A new report is critical to one of Norway`s largest infrastructure projects ever.  

Dovre Group AS and Transportøkonomisk Institutt have on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport and Communications conducted a quality assurance of the concepts for Oslopakke 3.

The report was published by the Ministry of Transport and Communications Wednesday 3 September.

Read the whole report here - CLICK HERE.
Link to the Ministry of Transport and Communication - CLICK HERE.

What is Oslopakke 3?

• Oslopakke 3 is a political agreement and plan to finance the construction of the main roads and develop the public transport in Oslo and Akershus.
• Oslopakke 3 will ensure that the capacity of the roads and public transport in Oslo and Akershus keep pace with the traffic growth.
• Oslopakke 3 is probably the largest infrastructure plan in Norway ever.
• The plan has a financial framework of 53.4 billion Norwegian kroner for the period 2008-2027, of which 38.9 billion is toll.
• 45 percent goes to public transport and 55 percent to road projects.
• There is broad political agreement in Oslo and Akershus about the proposal to Oslopakke 3.

As this is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Norway ever (estimated cost; NOK 53 billion), the critical report attracted a lot of media attention. Below you can see an interview on national television with, EVP Dovre Management Consulting, Mr. Stein Berntsen.  

Link to interview on NRK (Norwegian only) - Click here.

These are some of the main conclusions in the report;

• The specification of user requirements, the overall strategy document and the overall document of requirements to Oslopakke 3, has significant deficiencies. The documents contain too many objectives which have built-in conflicts, hence they collectively hardly can be realized.
• The basis for decisions lacks key priorities.
• Based on the expected costs of measures, none of the concepts seems to be economically profitable.
• Analyzes show that means like user financed roads and parking restrictions provide favourable effects. The report recommends that further planning of Oslopakke 3 does not exclude the use of these measures.
• None of the options outlined in Oslopakke 3 meets adopted targets for reduction of pollution.
• Analysis indicates that the likelihood to realize the options within the financial framework is below 10 percent. A rise of cost of about 40 percent is likely. It cannot be ruled out that the measures proposed in Oslopakke 3 are twice as expensive as specified in the concept study.
• Oslopakke 3 should not be sanctioned on the basis of the detailed lists of measures described in the concept study, but rather as a project portfolio consisting of investments and price means, where the measures in the portfolio can be reviewed during implementation, preferably every fourth year.
• Quality assurance shows that it is urgent to establish a parent organization and to establish basic management principles for Oslopakke 3.

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