Nearly SEK 900 billion will be invested in infrastructure during the period 2022 to 2033. The plans have already been presented by the Swedish Transport Administration and the Riksdag has hammered out the actual amount.
Compared with the Swedish Transport Administration's plan, the government is investing several billion on the railway, including a four-track railway on the Uppsala – Stockholm commuter route.
With that, there will also be more money for Malmbanan and Sydostlänken, according to Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth (S).
Thus, the government wants to invest in the controversial, and questioned by the opposition high-speed lines that will ultimately connect Stockholm-Malmö and Stockholm-Gothenburg.
For Tomas Eneroth, it is primarily about increasing capacity.
By definition, it will also be possible to run high-speed trains, ie 250 km / h.
Sometime around 2045, new complete courses could be ready, Eneroth estimates.
M: Too little maintenance
To get advice within the existing framework, the government has chosen to remove some smaller projects, including the Matfors-Blåberget road section.
Not entirely unexpectedly, the Moderates are critical of the government's priorities.
Money is needed for maintenance.
M believes that high-speed railways should be abolished.
"Similar queues that we see today at Arlanda, we will unfortunately soon also see on Swedish roads and railways, because the government does not invest what is required for maintenance," writes Maria Stockhaus, traffic policy spokesperson for the Moderates, in a comment to TT.
Hardly enough
At the same time, investments of 197 billion are being made in road maintenance where, among other things, the Essingeleden and the E22 will be improved, a record amount according to Eneroth:
- We need to strengthen the road network so that it can handle a population of ten million inhabitants.
The Swedish Transport Administration has previously flagged that road investments are only sufficient for more emergency remedial measures than prevention.