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PB to manage Odense light rail project in Denmark

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been selected by the Odense Municipality to assist with project management and provide strategic and economic advice on the Odense light rail project in Odense, Denmark. The first phase of the project is in the early planning stages, with a pre-feasibility study completed. Concept design starts in August 2012, and will feed into an environmental impact assessment report that will be presented to the Danish Transport Ministry in late 2013. Following the presentation, the project will
July 3, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSS4983 Parsons Brinckerhoff has been selected by the Odense Municipality to assist with project management and provide strategic and economic advice on the Odense light rail project in Odense, Denmark.

The first phase of the project is in the early planning stages, with a pre-feasibility study completed. Concept design starts in August 2012, and will feed into an environmental impact assessment report that will be presented to the Danish Transport Ministry in late 2013. Following the presentation, the project will proceed into preliminary design, detailed design, and be tendered in 2015, with opening scheduled in 2020.

Parsons Brinckerhoff has experience with hundreds of light rail projects globally and is currently working on light rail systems in Manchester (UK), Los Angeles, Perth (Western Australia), and Phoenix (Arizona) among others. The company is also heavily involved in additional rail projects in Denmark, including the F-Bane re-signalling project.

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