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Old Posted Oct 29, 2007, 4:34 PM
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The nimbys are pretty much against anything. Even when something has to be torn down or it'll fall down, they want something very similar built to replace it - even when it's a friggin' eye-sore. /I'm talking about Slussen

Sweden also has a very open appeals-process. One man (with a little financial help) was able to hold up a major Stockholm inrastructure plan for ten years:

Norra Länken, another 15-20% of the freeway loop around the Inner City, all of it in tunnels. the reason he appeald? the construction tunnels would hurt the water-flow to a small group of trees in a park.
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