Multiple reports indicate that the entire legal process for securing national road 62 in northern Värmland against landslides must be redone. The Supreme Court has declined to hear the case, and both the Swedish Transport Administration and the County Administrative Board state that the process must start over. The erosion makes the landslide risk acute, and the Swedish Transport Administration's project manager Kenth Henriksson said a landslide could happen at any time, according to SVT Nyheter.
National road 62 is the only road in the area with capacity for heavy traffic. In winter, many ski tourists pass through on their way to Branäs, Trysil, and Sälen. If the road becomes impassable, only a narrow gravel road is available as an alternative.
You feel like a second-class citizen. It's completely absurd.
The Governor of Värmland, Georg Andrén, has invited the Director General of the Swedish Transport Administration, Roberto Maiorana, to a meeting to discuss what a new application needs to contain. According to SVT Nyheter, Jan-Anders Carlsson described feeling like a second-class citizen, and Georg Andrén noted that a new application is needed and that the process will take time.
Yes, a new application from the Swedish Transport Administration is needed.
A landslide could come at any time.
We have a process ahead of us that will take time.
Everyone is talking about the road and what it would be like if it had to be closed.