The municipality had already started clearing forests and digging pipes for the intended preschool, but is now forced to return after the building permit has not passed, something VK was first to report on.

The preschool places were intended for 68 children who are now relocated to other preschools. How much the preparation has cost the municipality has not yet been compiled.

“Sad of course. We had consultants, contractors and several different businesses such as Lantmäteri, the Procurement Agency, MEX, Vakin and Umeå energy who arranged for us to quickly arrange pre-school places for school, ”writes Patrik Lindkvist, construction project manager at Umeå municipality, in an email to SVT.

Permanent preschool opens this spring

The plan was for the temporary preschool to be completed earlier and used while waiting for the permanent preschool Telescope to open. It is finished now in the spring and in this way Moa Brydsten, chair of the board and primary school board, thinks that the place situation is not threatened at present.

- Now in the autumn there is no shortage of places in the municipality of Umeå, it is in the spring it will be tough and then the Telescope will open, says Moa Brydsten (S), chair of the Board of Education.