At the meeting on September 28, the Board received a presentation by Søren T. Pedersen, Director of Planning at the City of Copenhagen, who presented the municipality's work on analyzing the expansion of the public infrastructure in the metropolitan area with a focus on Metro, Light Rail and BRT systems, including the so-called KIK2 analysis. 

The analyses of future development in the capital are all based on increased population growth. For example, the population in the metropolitan area is expected to increase by 200,000 by 2030, which corresponds to a growth of approximately nine percent, and a consequent need for more mobility in the capital. 

The Board was also given an overview of the risk of a possible delay in the opening of the M3 line, as there is still complicated work to be done, which is crucial to the schedule. In particular, the progress of the architectural design of the metro stations and the electrical installations requires a coordinated and focused effort to reach the goal before the start of the full test run. 

"The M3 line is still scheduled to open in summer 2019. But it requires a focused and major effort from all parties in the final stages of construction, especially the contractors. We are therefore working purposefully to complete the last important works so that customers can start using the capital's new, coherent metro system as planned," says Chairman of the Board Jørn Neergaard Larsen. 

The Board of Directors will maintain an increased focus on the risk of a possible delay and thus follow and discuss the current progress closely in the coming months. The Board has also decided that Metroselskabet will actively support CMT's ability - within the agreed collective agreement framework - to utilize the remaining working hours on the project as flexibly as possible in order to reduce the risk of a drop in production.