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Luge, bobsled and skeleton in Sweden does not have the appeal of some others who enjoy winter sports like cross-country skiing, biathlon, hockey, yet just a few miles from Stockholm there might be a new basin to allow the practice of the disciplines gut.
Wednesday 19 March 2014 3 minutes reading time
For Österåker the doors of the Swedish capital, home to the historic Saltsjöbadens Rodelklubb, we dream of the realization of a runway length of about 700 meters, which would bring the tobogganists to fall in the natural reserve of Tattby remote of many years since the previous old gut has been scrapped.
Albert Wickman one of the members of the Club, in recent days has presented the project to the local newspaper explaining that NVP for the construction of the plant would take at least 15 million Swedish kronor (1.7 million euros), "I think the cost of the casing is not so high and with adequate public funding I think there would be big problems to cover the entire budget. The node more difficult to overcome the environmental impact, since the structure would be built within a nature reserve. With regard to the timing of implementation rather think that everything can be completed within two years. "
The idea of ​​Saltsjöbadens Rodelklubb should still have to wait the approval of the various public bodies, although the first results seem to be positive, "we have received several favorable opinions from both the Swedish Olympic Committee that the various municipalities - added Wickman - our aim is to provide a training ground for young talent to forge new Swedish sledging in the years to follow his passion had to put up with long trips in Lillehammer in Norway, the only Scandinavian plant still in operation. "
Sweden, which in the past has hosted several World Cup races at the historic facility Hammarstrand (now completely abandoned), could thus make a new "home" to their athletes.
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