 He actively defended the wooden buildings of Stavanger.He was largely responsible for averting the digging up of Nytorget, and demolition of several of these, for the construction of an underground carpark.In the area of development and transport, he was an advocate for railways who was largely responsible for the national government's decision in 2005 to double-track the railway in the Stavanger/Sandnes urban region, and argued for light rail being central in the regional transport plan.