The Politicians in Vestland Are Short of 5.3 Billion for Bridge Maintenance, but Want to Build the Atløysambandet for 1.8 Billion.

County politicians in Vestland on Thursday unanimously approved the construction of the new bridge to Atløy in Askvoll, which will cost 1.8 billion kroner. The county administration is concerned that it will worsen the large maintenance backlog.

The price for the bridge to Atløy will be 4 million kroner per islander. County politicians in Vestland gave their approval to the bridge on Thursday, at a time when thousands of bridges in the county are in dire need of maintenance.