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Many are unhappy with the decision by Fjarðabyggð’s planning and construction committee to allocate a plot at Kvíabólsfjara in Neskaupstaður to a new party, after the group Bærinn okkar had been promised the same plot well beforehand and had spent considerable time designing a beautiful bathhouse there and creating good conditions for everyone who takes part in water sports of any kind.
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Six to eight suitable, smaller apartments for people aged 60 and over will most likely be built in the central areas of both Eskifjörður and Fáskrúðsfjörður in the coming months. The Fjarðabyggð town council has approved a draft letter of intent from the municipality on such housing development with the company R101, and the document will be formally signed today.
Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing, confirmed yesterday the appointment of a new regional council for coastal zone planning in the East Fjords. Guðjón Bragason, former lawyer at the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities, is the council’s chair.
Even if Múlaþing bought Valaskjálf to protect the building’s assembly hall and converted the hotel wing into offices, it would not be enough to meet the municipality’s space needs. The municipality could afford the purchase and would stay within the limits of the rules on municipal finances, but operations would be tight.
The Environment and Natural Resources Appeals Committee (ÚUA) has overturned a decision by the Housing and Construction Authority (HMS) to deny the owners of six properties in Seyðisfjörður party status in Kaldvík’s application for a building permit for fish farming pens in the fjord. HMS must therefore consider the landowners’ request for party status for the third time.
The construction company Nestak of Neskaupstaður has bought industrial premises in Fáskrúðsfjörður, as the company has been taking on more and more projects in the southern fjords of East Iceland. The purchase is part of further increasing and improving its service there.
There are no plans to analyse the housing needs of Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands until the projects currently in preparation are well under way. The Fjarðabyggð town council expresses disappointment that nothing has happened despite the signing of a letter of intent more than four years ago.
At its meeting this morning, Múlaþing’s regional council approved a proposal to the municipal council recommending against the municipality buying the Valaskjálf assembly hall in Egilsstaðir. An analysis found that the building was not suitable as a town hall and that the cost would exceed ISK 2 billion.