Complex sentence: They tried to make drivers (especially tourists) use the road through the center of Sweden, and hoped that more people would choose Inlandsvägen instead of the European route E4 to the east, which is in better condition and also faster as an alternative route.
Split into simpler sentences: They tried to make drivers (especially tourists) use the road through the center of Sweden. They hoped that more people would choose Inlandsvägen instead of the E4 in the east which is in better condition, also faster and an alternative route.