We are building for the future

One of Sweden’s biggest and most eagerly awaited infrastructure projects will be completed by 2012. This is European route E45 between Göteborg and Trollhättan, which is being expanded to create a four-lane road, whilst the railway along the entire Göta valley is being made double-track.

The E45 is currently an extremely busy road with heavy traffic, many bottlenecks and recurrent flooding, making things difficult for road users. The single-track and partially fairly bendy railway has simultaneously meant that goods traffic has reached capacity, and with the present railway it is impossible to offer an attractive alternative to commuting on the Trollhättan–Göteborg route.

The expansion of the E45 and the Norway/Vänern rail route is a major project containing many challenges. It involves expansion of a road and a railway in a sensitive environment with some difficult geotechnical conditions and limited room for rerouting traffic during the construction period.

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