"Luleå municipality must produce a planning program for Luleå industrial park
On Svartön and Hertsöfältet, the area known as Luleå Industripark, new large-scale industry has been planned for a few years now, while existing operations in the area are ongoing. A number of parallel processes are ongoing all the time and the need for coordination with the help of joint planning is becoming increasingly important. Luleå municipality must therefore, in collaboration with the area's industry players and the municipal companies, draw up a proposal for a joint planning program for Luleå industrial park.
The new planning program is proposed to address how the overall issues affecting the entire area should be developed. The aim of a planning program is to ensure overall structures and flows of both goods and people, such as the development of railways, road networks, pipelines, the natural environment, heavy traffic and more.
With the help of a planning program that shows how the whole works, the municipality can be transparent with relevant actors, authorities and citizens about the development of the area. A common vision that specifies overall starting points and goals for the whole simplifies future planning processes and is estimated to provide major time savings.
Current planning for the Luleå Industripark area
Frida Lindberg is planning manager at Luleå Municipality and she explains why a planning program must now be drawn up for Luleå Industripark:
- We have been planning Luleå Industrial Park for some time now and we now see a need to look at the area as a whole, through a planning program. The area is huge and how the flows of the various industry players can be coordinated is crucial to success. Luleå harbor is of national interest and its potential for high capacity and long-term development is connected to the whole of the area. In addition, with a planning program we can analyze and assess how the development at Luleå Industripark affects the rest of our city and our common transport systems.
The planning program for Luleå Industripark shall cover the following areas:
Railway - By identifying and creating conditions for a reliable railway system with sufficient capacity, the national interest of Luleå Harbor is served and the connection between sea and land is strengthened.
Road network - The road network is a complement to the railway while at the same time enabling sustainable passenger journeys using public transport. In order to enable transport to and from the Industrial Park for both labor and the transport of goods by road and rail, joint planning and development of the road network in the area is required.
Heavy traffic - Luleå industrial park's accessibility for freight traffic can be significantly improved with the development of a Norrled. The Norrleden contributes to increased accessibility to the national interest Luleå port and moves heavy traffic and dangerous goods from being transported through the Luleå conurbation. A prerequisite for the Norrleden to be used to its full potential is that there is an east-west connection that allows transport from Svartön via Gräsörsbron and Gräsörvägen. Norrleden also has the potential to provide transport to and from Hertsöfältet's future operations.
Lines - The technical supply has a fundamental importance for Luleå industrial park's potential and opportunity for development. Line routes for technical water and power lines need to be pointed out in a planning program to ensure access for all actors.
Natural environment - Despite the fact that Svartön is already largely an industrial area today, there are natural environments and species to take into account. These environments contribute to the overall green structure and important ecosystem services. These green areas and ecosystem services must be taken into account during the overall design of facilities and locations within Luleå industrial park.
Dialogue - During the project "Digital planning programme", dialogues have been carried out in two rounds with Luleå Hamn, SSAB, LKAB, Uniper, Talga and Power2Earth. Dialogue with internal and external parties, citizens and authorities will be carried out during the planning process in accordance with the plan and the Building Act.
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