July 12, 2007 (LPAC)--In a governmental address before the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein yesterday, State Governor Harry Peter Carstensen gave wholehearted support to the Fehmarn Belt Bridge project, saying it is crucial for establishing a modern rail-road transport corridor from the continent of Europe to Scandinavia. He said that if flanking infrastructure in road and rail gets built in connection with the bridge, Schleswig-Holstein would, by about the year 2020, be located at the cross-roads of two grand continental transport routes through Europe's northern regions--north-west and west-east. Carstensen called on German firms to get engaged beyond the mere road-rail link from Germany to the bridge, as agreed in the German-Danish government treaty, and make sure that the project does not only imply more transit through the state of S-Holstein. What is needed is more investments in production along the route, to have the benefit of job-creation, Carstensen said, adding that he has received a promise also by EU Commission president J Manuel Barroso that the EU would co-fund the bridge project with 30 percent of the total expenses.