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Development of the Swedish Transport infrastructure sector

Infrastructure planningIncreased efficiency in the building sector

Intermodal approach when organizing authorities

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Governmental priorities for the transport infrastructure

• End user perspective

• Intermodal cooperation

• A sustainable transport system

• Increased efficiency

• More for the tax payers money!

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Means to reach the goals

• A intermodal approach• Streamlining processes

• Regional participation

• Reorganizing governmental authorities

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The intermodal approach

• The four transport authorities have presented a joint proposal to a national plan to develop the transport infrastructure 2010-2021, 41 billion Euro

• Promote intermodal solutions

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Regional participation

• Joint system analysis• Increased regional economical

framework (3,3 billion Euro)

• Intense dialogue between national and regional authorities

• Regional authorities gives priority to both roads and railroads

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More for the tax payers money!• Focus on core operations

– Putting under limited enterprises• Project planning/executing functions (Svevia, Vectura

Jan 2009)• Project executing functions within the rail authority

(decision the 3 of Sept about preparations to privatize Banverket Produktion)

• Airports• Assignment to the Swedish Agency for Public

Management to develop mthods to measure the efficiency in the construction trade

• Co-financing– An extensive dialogue between national, regional

and local authorities and the private sector

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Reorganizing governmental authorities

• Merge the road and rail authorities into one

• A new authority for analysis. Long term planning maritime and aviation

• The Swedish transport authority (Jan 2009)

• Change the planning system in order to make more flexible

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Infrastructure planning for the period 2010-2021

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• 98 000 km national roads

• The Government/Vägverket plans the investments on the national road network

• The counties plans for the rest of the state owned roads

National roads

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The railroad network

• 11 904 km tracks with traffic

• ca 17 000 km incl side tracks

• Banverket administrate ca 80 % of the total tracks

• 3 805 km are double track och multitrack (30%)

• 9 683 km is electrified (80 %)

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the Swedish planning processParliament Government

Transport administrations and counties

Decision

Decides planningdirectives

Plan proposals

Decides on plans for 2010-2021

Carries out the plans

Proposal to the parliament

assignment to administrations

Report

Decides about transport policies

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Economical frameworkBåde jag

och samhället tjänar på att tåget är i tid!

O&M roads 136

O&M railroads 64

Developement of transport infrastructure

217

Total 417

billion SEK

+ co financing

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New high speed lines

• Investigation presented to the government the 14 of September

• Consultation process until the 16 of November

• The government aims at reaching a decision in spring 2010