Daniel Portnoff (M), Lars Stjernkvist (S), Catharina Håkansson Boman (investigators), Kristina Edlund (S), Urban Granström (S), Boel Godner (S), and HG Wessberg (investigators) during a press conference on the East Link. Photo: Claes Lundqvist / Linköping municipality
The planning of new high-speed train in southern Sweden continues. On Tuesday presented new results of the so-called Sweden negotiation and agreements with five new municipalities along the high-speed track Ostlänk.
55 000 new dwellings and a half billion in co-financing, it was the promise that the five municipalities of Södertälje, thong, Nyköping, Norrköping and Linköping presented. In addition, the municipalities of a sort of loan, called the advance, the project which is paid back when the commitment of the homes are completed.
State investigators HG Wessberg was pleased with the agreement and said that it is a milestone in planeringan of the entire high-speed railway .
– Today, we agree with Ostlänkskommunerna and lay the first stone so that the government and parliament can decide on the start of construction, he said.
negotiations also have shrill was the stations should be located and Vagnharad in Trosa presented as a new station in addition to the larger urban centers.
HG Wessberg emphasized mortgage commitment as the most important in the hearing and said that East Link is a way to create a large labor market region. He compared the number of homes with a small Swedish town.
– There will be a new Sodertalje.
It was also clearly satisfied councilor who attended the press conference and the praise of the project rained.
– this is a commitment for growth in the entire Stockholm region, and it confirms Ostlänkens significance, said Urban Granström (S), Mayor of Nyköping.
– it feels incredibly good to Södertälje and our business community to be involved and make this agreement, our main concerns are definitely fulfilled in the outcome of the negotiation, said Boel Godner (S).
They also agreed which positive effects that the construction could have on growth in the municipalities.
– Even when the former government gave the news that the East Link would be built so this strongly contributed to a sharp increase in housing construction, said Lars Stjernkvist (S) kommunsyrelsen chairman of Norrkoping.
the construction of high-speed railway has been questioned by more and more places. But Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson gave the press conference, no new notice of project costs. She referred to the Transport Agency’s new calculation to be presented around the end. The latest estimate was between 190 and 320 billion compared to the 125 mentioned in the introduction.
Anna Johansson said that the project Ostlänken stands for itself, but to the whole high-speed railway has far to go to the start of construction.
– It remains to be honest, quite a lot before we can say we are going to build the whole, and before we have a complete financing, said Anna Johannsson.
Since former it is clear that Jönköping is an important point in the new railway. The municipality has agreed with the negotiating team to co-finance the project with 195 million and build 10,000 new homes. Even Värnamo has shaken hands with “Sweden Negotiation” to participate.
So far, the investigation has presented two interim reports and by June 1, the final report submitted to the government. The construction of high-speed railway is expected to begin in 2019, if the government decides on it, and the first trains roll 2028th
So much promise municipalities
The five municipalities along the Eastern Link promises to help with housing, co-financing and advance payment:
- Linkoping: 15 300 homes, 173 / 152.8 million SEK
- Norrkoping: 15 300 homes, 173 / 136.7 million SEK
- Nyköping: 7400 homes, 84/54 million SEK
- thong: 1700 dwellings, 47.5 / 12 million SEK
- Södertälje: 15 300 homes, 47.5 / 93.2 million SEK
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