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As a municipal politician In the surrounding less populated municipalities of Stockholm and Uppland counties, we are seeing an increase in immigration to our municipalities. The housing shortage, but also the desire for a better and safer parenting environment for children, means that many families with children want to get away from the city and its troubled suburbs. If the new home is reasonably close to the train or bus commuter parking, the longer distance to work will not be as burdensome in time. Not having to constantly worry about children is clearly an acceptable reason for many to agree to travel a little more.
At present, therefore, there is an important expansion in several of the urban centers of the neighboring municipalities. It would be nice if we could spread this out a bit and thus get a more vibrant landscape. But then municipalities must dare to open up to more detailed plans even outside of urban areas. The reason why municipalities today are reluctant to do so is the high investment costs in, above all, water and sewerage that runs the risk of involving a detailed plan. The sixth section of the Public Water Services Law stipulates that if the building exceeds a certain number of properties, in our counties 15-20, it is enough that a single owner requires municipal water and sewerage, and the municipality is obliged to organize this . If the newly planned detailed area is far from the nearest VA line, this, of course, will be very expensive. The alternative, for the municipality to build a local treatment plant, and thus take care of the VA for these fewer properties, also becomes expensive and leads to the VA collective in the municipality obtaining even higher water rates.
