According to sources, the question of the Norrbottniabanan route through Piteå likely reaches its peak this weekend. Residents are casting ballots on the station location, though the exact date or timeframe for the referendum remains unspecified. " Despite the referendum, the decision on where the station will be located is already determined, as the Swedish Transport Administration decided in 2011 that the railway will go within central Piteå and does not appear to back down from its decision.
" He also remarked, "But now we will still go in to vote, so we have decided. " The specific arguments for choosing central Piteå versus Lomtjärn have not been detailed. The potential implications if the referendum result conflicts with the 2011 decision are unclear.
It is special with a municipal referendum; in normal cases we have support from the Election Authority and the County Administrative Board, but now we do everything ourselves.
So we have worked for this since August.
The Swedish Transport Administration will do as it is decided.
But now we will still go in to vote, so we have decided. But this is still what democracy is.