Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has awarded Svevia a contract to transform the E22 between Fjälkinge and Gualöv in Skåne into a motorway.
Under the deal worth around €45 million, the Swedish state-owned civil engineering company will construct of six bridges, of which two will be fauna passages. Construction in Skåne ,the most southern county of Sweden, will start this spring with completion scheduled for autumn 2025.
The new motorway will start where the existing motorway ends, just east of the interchange in Fjälkinge. The existing E22 will become part of the local road network that connects Gamla vägen. East of Bäckaskog and west of Gualöv, the motorway will connect to the existing route again.
The motorway will be 21.5m wide and parts of the existing pedestrian and cycle path network will be moved to a new location. There will also be protective animal fencing along the entire route to discourage animals from venturing onto the motorway. The two fauna passages will go under the E22 and the nearby rail line.
Preliminary earthworks have discovered Bronze age artifacts, according to Trafikverket.
Svevia recently picked up a contract for extensive repairs on the 400m-long Smögen Bridge in southern Sweden over the next three years. The company said there is severe concrete damage, including in underwater areas. A coffer dam will be created around one pillar allowing for the repairs. Other work includes new lighting, road surface, improved cycle and pedestrian areas and more.
The seven-pillar box-beam bridge – rising 35m above the sea - will remain open but with limited traffic during the repair period, according to the client, Trafikverket. Cost of the work is around €8.6 million.
