Kemi Rovaniemi Kirkenes Corridor

(E75, National Road 92 and E6) There is an ongoing study which aims to determine the measures needed to prevent the E75 from deteriorating under heavy loads coming from the mines in Sodankylä.The planning for reconstruction of the National Road 92 from Kamanen in Finland to Neiden on the Norwegian and the Finnish side has just started. The planning of a new trunk network terminal for the port of Kirkenes, with an access road and a potential railway connection from Finland, was started in 2018. The planning is expected to be completed in 2019. As of today, there are uncertainties concerning the construction and financing. In the medium long term, a new railway may be built from Rovaniemi or Kemijärvi up to Sodankylä to serve the new mines in Central Lapland. Both the forest industry and the mines would benefit from the possibility to use train transport in the future. The future railway route from the present railway to the mining area at Sodankylä will be determined in the regional land use plan within the next three years. In the long term, there is an ongoing study of the Arctic railway.