In total, this is about 73 broken glass panes. Work on replacing them has begun and will continue in the coming weeks.
- We do it as soon as we can. We did not have enough glass panes in stock, but we hope that most of them will be replaced by next week, says Anita Norrby Carlsson, unit manager for planning and development of public transport management at Region Västmanland.
She cannot state the exact cost of the new glass panes and the cleaning of the remains after the old ones, but she is distressed.
- Very boring. A cost that could have been spent on something better. The worst thing is that it affects travelers, who are now forced to stand unprotected from the weather, she says.
Occasionally, some occasional bus shelters will have boxes crushed, but not to this extent.
"There is a lot of violence required, they do not just break themselves," she says, but have no information on how things have turned out in these cases.
The region uses plixiglas in the bus sheds. There is so-called unbreakable glass with a longer service life, but at a more expensive purchase price. But this is not something that has been considered.
- So far, our assessment has been that the glass we use is the most economical. One disadvantage of unbreakable glass is that it can be scratched and then it can be difficult to see through.