- The whole idea with this was that it is a community building project that will connect the country and create labor market enlargement, better opportunities for commuting and increased housing construction.
With these proposals, you lose it, says Ann-Marie Nilsson (C), municipal councilor in Jönköping, to the radio.
Ekot has also spoken with representatives from Norrköping, Linköping, Nyköping and Borås, who say the same thing.
The high-speed railway would mean new commuting opportunities for the cities between Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, but then not only the stations in the big cities can be centrally located, the critics say.
The Swedish Transport Administration's final report will come in February, but the authority already says that central train stations are not possible if costs are to be reduced to the current cost ceiling of just over SEK 200 billion, which the government and the Liberal and Center Party have agreed, which is SEK 40 billion less than earlier proposal from the Sweden negotiations.