THE Danish parliament has agreed by a large majority to fund construction of a new road and rail bridge between the islands of Falster and Masnedø, which will be part of the hinterland link from Copenhagen to the Fehmarn Belt tunnel.

FEMERN, the organisation responsible for constructing the 18km Fehmarn Belt road-rail tunnel between Rødby, Denmark, and Puttgarden, Germany, has signed four major construction contracts worth almost DKr 30bn ($US 4.5bn) to two consortia.