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Hailuoto Causeway
The plan is to build a causeway between Riutunkari in Oulu and Huikku on Hailuoto Island. The causeway will replace the current ferry service. The causeway will be approximately 8.4 kilometres long, and it will consist of a road running on top of an embankment and long bridges in Huikku and Riutunkari.
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Luumäki-Imatra railway project
A double-track railway is being built on the line Joutseno–Imatra, replacing the current single-track railway. The current track on the line Luumäki–Joutseno is also being improved. The project also comprises renovations to reduce the maintenance backlog on the Saimaa Canal Railway Bridge, the Mansikkakoski Railway Bridge and the underpass on the old Main Road 6.
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Development projects for border crossing points
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency acts as a coordinator in six infrastructure development projects at the border crossing points of Raja-Jooseppi, Vartius, Parikkala, Imatra, Vainikkala and Vaalimaa funded jointly by the European Union and Finland. The projects will be implemented between 2019 and 2022.
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Back Kari Wihlman to continue as Director-General of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

Kari Wihlman to continue as Director-General of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

Published 10.11.2022

The Government appointed Kari Wihlman, Master of Laws with court training, as Director-General of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency on 10 November 2022. His five-year term of office will begin on 1 January 2023.

Wihlman has served as Director-General of the Transport Infrastructure Agency (formerly the Finnish Transport Agency) since the beginning of 2018. Before that, Wihlman served as Director-General of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency in 2010–2017 and as Director-General of the Finnish Vehicle Administration in 2008–2009. He has also held several other managerial positions in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The Transport Infrastructure Agency is responsible for the state’s transport infrastructure. Its tasks include the planning, development and maintenance of road, rail and maritime transport infrastructure and with the coordination of transport and land use policies. In addition, the Agency organises traffic management and winter navigation.

The Transport Infrastructure Agency employs 480 specialists.

Inquiries

Minna Kivimäki, Permanent Secretary, [email protected], tel. +358 295 342 389

Requests for interviews: Anna Jokela, Director, Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, [email protected], tel. +358 400 439 955

News release from the Ministry of Transport and Communications


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