News GGN 2.0 (EIA)

Yesterday, Thursday, June 13, 2024, the Gotland County Council approved the EIA—Environmental Impact Statement—that Nordic Sport & Event submitted on June 4, 2024, to obtain permission to organize the Gotland Grand National 2.0 in 2024.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?

Over the past 10 months, our team has been working diligently on mapping, surveys, and sampling, investing over SEK 400,000 for preventive purposes. We have also held over 100 meetings with landowners, private individuals, authorities, and various stakeholders. These extensive preparations have brought us one step closer to the launch of GGN 2.0 in 2024.

This will be announced tomorrow, and in four weeks, the County Administrative Board will decide whether GGN 2.0 will be allowed to be implemented in Hejdeby, Gotland.

Here, you can see the EIA, which outlines how we, as organizers, should be able to carry out GGN while avoiding harm to and protecting plant life, animal life, Alvar lands, wetlands, and other critical natural resources. https://nordicsportevent.se/mkb-ggn/ (in Swedish).

Conny Bohlin, CEO of Nordic Sport & Event, says that we have now taken another step we’ve been waiting for to be able to organize GGN 2.0 on Gotland in 2024.

"After 40 years at Tofta Shooting Range, we hope to build the world-class GGN track of the future for participants, partners, visitors, and TV viewers," says Conny Bohlin.

This is a very interesting and enlightening journey we are on and have been a part of as organizers. We have seen GGN 2.0 evolve in concept to adapt the future competition so that it treats nature and wildlife in Hejdeby with great respect and consideration.

"Even though there is still some work left to do as the process moves forward, we expect to be able to start building the future GGN arena (track) in early August, once GGN 2.0 has become legally binding," says a happy and relieved Conny Bohlin of Nordic Sport & Event.

We, as the organizers, are now extending an invitation to various environmental organizations. We hope that one of these organizations will join us in our project to protect, preserve, and develop the area in Hejdeby. By taking responsibility as organizers throughout the process, we aim to promote biodiversity in the area and ensure a sustainable future for GGN 2.0.

Photo: Thomas Bäckström