Denmark, and many European countries, seek solutions for climate change not to influence its progress in the coming years. On June 4, the Danish government approved a controversial project with 85 votes in favor and 12 against , for the construction of an artificial island on the shores of Copenhagen where some 35,000 people would live.
The project is a pharaonic work that will cost 3.3 million euros , and which is carried out, surprising as it may seem, to fight against the sea rises that could destroy the Scandinavian country.
Lynetteholm
According to the BBC, the project already has the approval of parliament and would be connected to the country’s capital. This will be done through roads and bridges, rails and other structures that will keep this population connected to the center of the capital.
The island of Lynetteholm, as this project will be called, will have dimensions of 2.6 square kilometers, which is about 370 football fields . In it, 35,000 people will live in the more than 20,000 homes that are planned to be built, which will have a series of dams designed to combat floods.
Given this, the controversial project has unleashed a wave of demonstrations and protests against this construction since, among other environmental factors, it could alter ocean currents and change the entire ecosystem of the sea in that area.
The view from ‘The Silo’ in Nordhavn with / without Lynetteholm.
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Construction is expected to begin later this year and, although no specific completion date has been given, officials think that the artificial island of Lynetteholm could be operational by 2035.
Environmental impact
For weeks now, many protesters have gathered to protest against the construction of Lynetteholm . People like Frederik Roland Sandby, secretary general of the environmental movement in Denmark, already points out that the environmental impact will be disproportionate and that he has masked himself with the supposed environmental benefits that it will give to the Danish capital.
The case is already in the hands of the Court of Justice of the European Union , which will not only have to validate the idea of building such a work at sea, they will also have to evaluate the construction process, since large vehicles will be necessary to transport the materials .
According to Danish environmental organizations, they estimate that about 350 truck trips will be necessary to move the material, with the risk of contamination and the reduction of the flow of water that will have to be done to carry out the work.
