In an interview with DN on Wednesday told the Swedish transport administration måldirektör Maria Krafft to trafikåret 2018, in many ways, grim. This applies not least in the bantrafiken where more people than the year before died in conjunction with the so-called railway level crossing accidents. The dmv has for a long period been working steadily to build them away.
we Continue at this pace, we’ll keep on in 25 years, ” said Maria Krafft to DN.
Now the Swedish transport administration in the mission to improve road safety at level crossings by frontloading the funds allocated for this type of action.
to be officially presented on 31 may 2019 in the form of an action plan.
” recent events show that there is such a need. Our goal is that no one will die or seriously injured within the transport system, ” says Lena Erixon, director general of the transport department, in a press release.
minister for infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth (S) says in a press release that it means that the Swedish transport administration increasingly focuses on and prioritises the maintenance tasks that have a security impact, for example, siktröjning.
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