Österleden, Stockholm

Österleden is a planned highway in the Swedish capital Stockholm. The highway to the east lead past the downtown area, it would be the last part of the unfinished Stockholm ring road. 2007 a ​​feasibility study was commissioned, in which the feedback from the provincial government is still pending. In January 2008, announced the Stockholm mayor Kristina Axén Olin that the political majority to decide in favor of motorway construction. However, with the construction set will begin no earlier than 2020, with the completion is not expected before 2030.

History

The initial planning for a compound east of the city center, were part of the regional plans of 1928 and 1960. The highway should run in a tunnel, which was a corner, the " Dennis Agreement" of 1992, an agreement to agreement for road construction in the Stockholm region. In 1997 the agreement was undone and the tunnel plans discarded.

Progress and costs

The project study contains three possible variants of the route.

Alternative C: New tunnel beneath the west of the district of Djurgården, the cost of this variant, are estimated at 12-15 billion crowns

Alternative D: A tunnel on the course here, similar to the plans of the 90s, among the districts Saltsjön Djurgården and through. The costs amount to 9-12 billion crowns

Alternative F: A tunnel between the municipalities of Nacka and Lidingö. The cost of this variant would be 10-15 billion crowns.

• Street in Stockholm