Peab has been commissioned to build the E22 Söderköping Bypass. The customer is the Swedish Transport Administration, and the project will be implemented as Sweden's first alliance contract in the civil engineering industry. The contract is worth SEK 2.2 billion.

The new bypass is a long road of just over 10 km that will steer through traffic along the E22 southwest of Söderköping. The project also includes a new aqueduct on the Göta Canal, four interchanges and twelve bridges. The Söderköping bypass will be a safer road separated with a center guardrail that is planned to open for traffic in the summer of 2030. 

The project will be carried out according to an alliance model, which means that the Swedish Transport Administration, Peab and ELU Konsult AB work in a joint organization with shared responsibility for the implementation of the project. The collaboration covers the entire process, from design and planning to completion, with the goal of strengthening delivery capacity, improving cost control and creating greater transparency in production. The alliance contract will be the first to be implemented in Sweden in the civil engineering industry.

"Peab is very proud to be able to put the alliance model into practice together with the Swedish Transport Administration and demonstrate how powerful close collaboration can be when it starts near the beginning of a project. By working as a team we’re creating the right conditions for efficient production, high quality and successful implementation," says Mattias Emanuelsson, Region Manager Peab.

"The Swedish Transport Administration is undergoing a transition process in order to become a more efficient and responsive administration. The Söderköping Bypass is one of the projects where we are challenging how we design, plan and build infrastructure, in immersed and close collaboration with the industry – in an alliance," says Peter Bernström, Regional Director for the Southeast Region of the Swedish Transport Administration.

"Achieving success requires hard work, humility and a strong belief in what you do. These are precisely the elements I’ve found we have together in the alliance. Now we’re ready for the next phase and we look forward to start building the road," says Andreas Eklund, Project Manager at the Swedish Transport Administration.

One of the project's most complex constructions is the new aqueduct on the Göta Canal. The aqueduct will take the E22 under the canal, which means that road traffic can pass without having to wait for bridge openings while canal traffic can continue as usual.

Construction will begin immediately and the project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2030.

The project will be order registered in business area Civil Engineering in the fourth quarter 2026.

Illustration: Swedish Transport Administration

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