The West Swedish Infrastructure Package

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• The City of Gothenburg and West Sweden shall be an attractive, sustainable and growing region

• A development of public transport, railways

and roads are vital for creating a good living environment and economic growth

• A cooperation between Region Västra Götaland, City of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Region Association of Local Authorities, Region Halland, Västtrafik and the Swedish Transport Administration

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Background information WSP

• Consensus between the politicians in West Sweden concerning the necessity of a broadly extended infrastructure to ensure that West Sweden becomes a growing region.

• The Government gave the Transport Agenency the mission to try the possibillity of co-financing, through congestion tax, as a way for regions and local authorities to advance the costly infrastructure construction.

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The West Swedish package contens

• Public transport investments • Enviromental and road saftey measures• Congestion tax• The new Götaälv bridge • The Marieholms tunnel• The West Link – Railroad tunnel

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Timeframe• Public transport measures before congestiontax

2010 • Environmental and road safety measures 2011• Congestion tax introduced 1 January 2013• The new Götaälv bridge, construction begins

2014 • The Marieholmstunnel, construction begins

2014• WSP, construction begins 2018

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Financing

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The City of Gothenburg 1,25 billion

Region Västra Götaland/ Region Halland 1 billion

Congestion tax 14 billion

Realisation of land values 0,75 billion

The Swedish state 17 billion

Total investment WSP = 34 Billion SKR

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Marieholmsbro(järnväg)

Illustration: Från Banverkets broschyr ”Västlänken – smidigare pendling och effektivare trafik”