Project partners: Skellefteå Municipality, Luleå University of Technology, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Grant: SEK 5 000 000
Project duration: 2026-07-01 – 2029-06-30
Contact person: Annelie Hedström, Luleå University of Technology
Description of the project
StreetWise is a policy lab designed to improve coordination between street works and water/wastewater renewal in Swedish municipalities. Today, these investments are often planned and financed separately or coordinated based on limited data leading to repeated excavation, higher lifecycle costs, and unnecessary disruption for citizens. Skellefteå kommun is the needs owner and participates through the departments of Water & Wastewater and the Streets, providing real planning processes and projects as testbeds. Luleå tekniska universitet is the coordinating research partner and operationalises research-based concepts especially the “coordination window” concept into practical decision support that can be tested and validated. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden contributes with asset management and implementation expertise and leads key parts of the policy-lab methodology, supporting the development and testing of complementary policy instruments and routines. The project runs iterative policy-lab cycles where instruments are co-designed, trialled within ordinary municipal planning and budgeting, and refined based on evidence and stakeholder feedback. Expected outputs include validated policy instruments, practical routines, and a transfer package (guidance and templates) that can be adopted by other municipalities. StreetWise contributes to Water Wise Societies by strengthening coordinated, climate-resilient management of the built environment in harmony with water.
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Goals and tasks
- Resilient supply and management of water in society
- Secure supply and management of water
