Category: News

Open house at St. Joseph's Hospital

  Laugardaginn 2. september næstkomandi verður boðið uppá opið hús í St. Jósefsspítala á milli kl. 13 og 15. Boðið verður upp á leiðsögn um húsnæðið og gestum gefst kostur á að koma á framfæri sínum hugmyndum um framtíð húsnæðisins.  Hafnarfjarðarbær hefur eignast allt húsnæðið sem er 3.000 fermetrar og skuldbundið sig til að reka […]

Start of the school year 2017

Formlegt skólastarf nemenda í grunnskólum Hafnarfjarðar hófst í dag. Rétt rúmlega 4.000 börn setjast á skólabekk þetta haustið, og af þeim 95 börn sem hefja nám í nýjum Skarðshlíðarskóla. Skarðshlíðarskóli mun í vetur verða starfræktur í safnaðarheimili Ástjarnarkirkju. Skóflustunga að húsnæði skólans var tekin í gær, 21. ágúst og mun skólastarf hefjast í nýjum skóla […]

The first spadeful of earth for Skardshlíðar School was taken today.

 Fyrsta skóflustunga að byggingu Skarðshlíðarskóla í Hafnarfirði var tekin kl 15:00 í dag. Skólinn er áttundi grunnskóli bæjarins en áætlanir gera ráð fyrir að skólinn verði eingöngu byggður fyrir eigið fé Hafnarfjarðarbæjar, einkum tekjur af lóðasölu. Skarðshlíðarskóli hóf starfsemi í vikunni í safnaðarheimili Ástjarnarkirkju en þar fer kennslan fram á meðan framkvæmdir við fyrsta áfanga […]

Special housing support

Fjölskylduráð Hafnarfjarðar samþykkti eftirfarandi breytingartillögu á fundi sínum þann 12. maí sl.: Fjölskylduráð leggur til að 5. gr. reglna um félagslegt húsnæði og sérstakar húsaleigubætur falli niður. Einnig er lögð til breyting á 4.gr. reglnanna þannig að stuðullinn hækki úr 700 kr. í 900 kr. Breytingin gildir frá 1. janúar 2017. Málinu var vísað til afgreiðslu bæjarstjórnar sem samþykkti í […]

Bids from legal entities for plots in Skarðshlíð, Phase 2, were opened this morning.

This morning at ten o'clock, bids from legal entities for 26 semi-detached house plots and 12 terraced house plots in Skarðshlíð, Phase 2, which were advertised this summer, were opened in the presence of representatives of several bidders. A total of 10 bids were received from legal entities, which were read out this morning in the presence of representatives of several bidders. At the same time, the deadline for individuals to submit bids for […] expired.

Hafnarfjörður opens its books

The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has now joined the ranks of those municipalities that have opened public access to its accounts. On Friday, an area was formally opened on the town's website where residents and others can familiarise themselves with the council's income and expenditure, and the breakdown of costs by cost code, organisational unit and supplier.  https://www.hafnarfjordur.is/stjornsysla/baerinn-i-tolum/opid-bokhald „With this, we are meeting the demands of the community for transparency […]

First Icelandic municipality to receive equal pay certification

Hafnarfjörður is the first municipality in Iceland to receive the certified equal pay mark from the Ministry of Welfare. The aim of the implementation is to establish and maintain pay equality within the City of Hafnarfjörður and to fulfil employers' obligations to ensure equal rights for women and men, pay them equal wages and ensure they enjoy the same terms and conditions for the same or equally valued work. Certified by […]

School in Skarðshlíð work contract

The City of Hafnarfjörður and Eykt recently signed a contract for the design and construction of a new school in Skarðshlíð, a project that was advertised in a public tender in the spring. The school comprises facilities for two parallel primary schools of approximately 6,800 m², a music school of approximately 480 m², a nursery school of approximately 760 m² and a sports hall of approximately 870 m², totalling approximately 8,910 m². Eykt will […]

Change to the local plan for Einhell 9

The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 21 February 2017 to advertise a proposal for an amendment to the detailed plan for Phase 2 of Hellnahraun – Hafnarfjörður / Einhellu 9, in accordance with Section 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The amendment consists of extending the building plot at Einhellu 9 by 15 m to the west and 3 m to the east, and reducing it by […]

Closures on the Reykjanes Highway

Due to asphalting works, the southbound carriageway of the Reykjanesbraut between Krýsuvíkurvegur and Ásbraut will be closed to traffic on Wednesday, 02.08.17 and Thursday, 03.08.17 from 19:00 each evening and overnight.  A signed diversion for traffic is via Vallahverfi in Hafnarfjörður.