At a press conference on Thursday, the chairman of the municipal board Sophia Jarl (M) and the chairman of the community planning committee Reidar Svedahl (L) presented that there will be an opening flap bridge in the new district, which was the original plan.
Due to the municipality's strained financial situation, the bridge plans were changed to a cheaper fixed bridge in the nonsocialist collaboration's supplementary budget for 2023. New calculations and a letter of intent with the developers developing the area are cited as some reasons for the new decision.
"Another important reason is that we are in a recession and nonsocialist collaboration does not want to worsen the conditions for the Inner Harbour and the companies that will develop the area together with Norrköping Municipality," says Sophia Jarl (M) in a press release.
In 2026, the bridge will be completed.