Skip to main content
European Commission logo
TRIMIS

Estonia - Finland interconnection and alternatives for crossing the gulf

PROJECTS
Funding
Estonia
Estonia icon
Duration
-
Status
Ongoing
Geo-spatial type
Network corridors
STRIA Roadmaps
Infrastructure (INF)
Transport mode
Multimodal icon
Transport policies
Other specified
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Objectives

With more than eight million passengers, one comma two million vehicles and up to three hundred thousand trucks a year, the Gulf of Finland is one of the busiest intersections and sea areas in the region. Around thirty thousand weekly road users travel between Estonia and Finland each year. According to various estimates, the number of passengers and freight may increase significantly in the coming years.

It has not yet been decided whether alternatives to crossing the Gulf should be bridges or tunnels and factors such as technical, environmental and visual impacts and the cost- effectiveness of each solution should be further assessed before making a decision. In the case of financing, the new Estonia - Finland connection may be opened at the earliest after 2035.

The project and consultations are designed to seek the views of the public and stakeholders on a possible new way to cross the Gulf.

Topics for discussion include:

  • Support for new opportunities to cross the Gulf;
  • Areas which are interested to use the new opportunity to cross the Gulf to better understand where goods or public transport flows are going

The study covers evaluation of transport demand from a wide catchment area and the project will create alternative transport approaches and a visionary document with strategic projects for the development.

Methodology

WP 1) coordination and management

WP 2) communication and dissemination

WP 3) creation of scenarios, mobility study

WP 4) assessment of scenarios, evaluation and feedback from focus groups

WP 5) discussion of implementation and selection of 1-2 strategic projects in the focus groups

Funding

Other Programme
The Central Baltic Programme
Funding Source
International and domestic source(s)

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Eesti Energia As
Address
LELLE 22, 11318 TALLINN, Estonia
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Tallinna Tehnika Uelikool
Address
Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 TALLINN, Estonia

Technologies

Technology Theme
Unclassified
Technology
Non-technology
Development phase
Research/Invention

Contribute! Submit your project

Do you wish to submit a project or a programme? Head over to the Contribute page, login and follow the process!

Submit