The partial ruling thus fully acquits Metroselskabet of the claim.

“With the insight into the decision that Metroselskabet now has, we are very satisfied with the partial ruling. The company and our external advisors are currently conducting a thorough review of the ruling to assess its full content,” says Mikkel Kjær-Jensen, executive director of Metroselskabet.

The construction contractor on the M3 Cityringen, CMT, brought the case before the arbitration tribunal on August 4, 2016, and submitted its first actual statement of claim in January 2019 with a claim that was supplemented in April 2021 with a number of additional claims. The arbitration tribunal, appointed by the Arbitration Board for the Construction Industry, has now issued a partial award on the first claim.

The remaining part of the arbitration case, which concerns, among other things, CMT's more general claims as a result of additional requirements and delays in the final part of the construction work, is not expected to be decided until 2028 at the earliest. As this is a pending arbitration case, Metroselskabet has no further comments at this time.