 In the coalition agreement of the current government of Schleswig-Holstein under Torsten Albig between SPD, Greens and SSW, which was confirmed on 9 June 2012 by the three parties, is the construction of the Elbe tunnel would begin in this legislative period, but a start date was postponed until 2017.Similarly, the new agreed regional government in Lower Saxony of the SPD and Greens under Stephan Weil in the coalition agreement February 2013 launched a review of the need for the Elbe crossing.The current planning would therefore be continued only with limited use of resources.