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Planning status

Roadplans 

The road plans for the project were drafted in three parts:

• Muurla � Lahnaj�rvi (Finnra region of Turku; municipalities of Muurla, Pertteli, Kiikala and Suomusj�rvi)
• Lahnaj�rvi � Oittila (Finnra region of Uusimaa; municipalities of Sammatti and Nummi-Pusula)
• Oittila � Lempola (Finnra region of Uusimaa; region of the town of Lohja)

The road plans were completed in October 2001 and have been subjected to the procedure described in the Road Act. The decisions approving the road plans were made by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication in November 2002. An appeal on the decisions was made to the Supreme Administrative Court, which gave its ruling on 31 December 2003. The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the majority of the appeals, and the road plans are legally valid.

The following are the planning details for the Muurla-Lohja road section.

Section 1 Muurla-Kruusila (pdf) municipalities of Muurla, Pertteli and Kiikala
Section 2 Kruusila-Suomusj�rjvi(pdf) municipalities of Kiikala and Suomusj�rvi
Section 3 Suomusj�rvi-Sammatti (pdf) municipalities of Suomusj�rvi and Sammatti
Section 4 Sammatti-Oittila (pdf) municipalities of Sammatti and Nummi-Pusula
Section 5 Oittila-Lohja(Lempola) (pdf) municipality of Nummi-Pusula and city of Lohja

Plan maps for section Muurla-Lahnaj�rvi 

The map pages linked below show the motorway alignment. The map grids can be zoomed in on for closer inspection. The road plan illustrated here was last updated on September 7, 2001.

Plan maps for section Lahnaj�rvi-Lohja  

The map pages linked below show the motorway alignment. The map grids can be zoomed in on for closer inspection. The map was last updated on November 19, 2002. 

Basic map grid � National Land Survey of Finland, license no. 222/MYY/99

Permitprocess 

Exemption orders related to the flying squirrel
In 2001 Finnra ordered a report on flying squirrels for the entire road portion from Muurla to Lohjanharju. The species is included in Appendix 4A of the EU's nature directive on species requiring particular protection. According to the report, 47 occurrences of flying squirrels were located close to the future highway, of which 29 were in the immediate vicinity of the road. After various mitigation measures, it was stated that one site of the flying squirrel's reproduction and resting places would be destroyed by the road and five of them deteriorated. As a consequence, Finnra applied for a total of seven exemption orders from the Environmental Centres of the Uusimaa region and south-west Finland. The exemption orders were granted on 20 June 2002. However, appeals were submitted first to the Helsinki Administrative Court and later to the Supreme Administrative Court. The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the majority of the appeals on 31 December 2003, after which date the exemption orders have been legally valid.

A twig nest of the flying squirrel has been found in the N�p�nsuo area of the Raati village of Nummi-Pusula. The new application for an exemption order concerning this finding was submitted to the Environmental Centre of the Uusimaa Region in February 2004. The exemption order is expected to be issued at the beginning of the summer. However, appeals may probably be filed. It is, therefore, possible that the commencement of the construction work on this site may be delayed.

Permits compliant with the Waters Act
An application for a permit compliant with the Waters Act (1961/264) has been submitted to the Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority for the cases of the Pernj�rvi bridge (permit decision on 28 November 2003 by Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority), the filling of the southern part of Koivulanselk�, the Hossansalmi bridge, the Hossa pedestrian and bicycle bridge, and the Sep�nniemensalmi bridge (permit decision on 10 February 2004 by the Western Finland Environmental Permit Authority). These construction sites involve construction in the water system, as defined in Chapter 2 of the Waters Act, and require that a permit be applied for on the basis of Chapter 2, Section 2 of the Waters Act. It is estimated that part of the environmental permits will undergo the appeal process.

Permits for the Lempoonsuo shooting range
The Lempoonsuo shooting range is located in the area of the Lempola interchange. High concentrations of lead were detected in the soil of the area. The contaminated soil has to be repaired and disposed of in the road area. The amount of heavily leaded soil mass to be removed from the road area is 22,000 m3 and the amount of less contaminated mass is 8,000 m3. The disposal has required a procedure compliant with the Act on evaluation of environmental impact (YVA Act 268/94, amendment 267/99). An environmental permit according to the Environment Protection Act (YSL 86/2000) has been applied for and obtained (permit of the Environmental Centre of Uusimaa, 8 January 2004). Furthermore, an announcement of the removal of the contaminated soil and cleaning thereof in the road area in compliance with Section 78 of the Environment Protection Act (86/2000) has been made to the Environmental Centre of Uusimaa. The repair of the shooting range has been taken into account in the road plan so that the contaminated soil in the road area is removed and disposed of, equipped with protective structures, in the road area inside the ramp loop of the interchange.

Complementing the road plans 

The road plans have been drafted primarily for the administrative processing of the plans, and they will be complemented to the level required for the invitations to tender according to the procurement model. The complementing of the road plans was commenced on 15 September 2003 and will be completed on 30 June 2004

The road plan for the Muurla - Lahnaj�rvi portion in Finnra's Turku region has been drafted to correspond to the conventional level of planning. For the Lahnaj�rvi - Lohja portion in the area of Finnra's Uusimaa region, the road plans were drafted following a simplified procedure. The number of soil and bedrock surveys made in the road plan phase is lower than usual, and the planning of the various types of techniques has not been completed to the level of Finnra's Turku region. The focus in complementing the road plan has thus been on the area of Finnra's Uusimaa region.

Result of Complementing the road plans