Large crowd at a press conference in the Town Cinema

Well-attended press conference

There was a large turnout at an information meeting at the Bæjarbíó on Monday, 7th October, regarding the amendment to the master plan for the Coda Terminal project, on which comments can be submitted until 10th October.

Silja Tryggvadóttir, the planner from Efla, went over the general plan amendment that has been put forward for approval. After the presentation, elected representatives took questions, and representatives from Carbfix and EFLU were also on hand to answer questions. The town councillors Orri Björnsson and Valdimar Víðisson, chairman of the working group on the project, Silja Tryggvadóttir and Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir from Efla, as well as Sigurður Haraldsson, Director of the Environmental and Planning Department. The meeting was chaired by Gunnar Dofri Ólafsson.

The first question was whether there would be referendums on the matter. Both Orri and Valdimar answered in the affirmative. The project would go to a referendum once all the information was available and the financial benefit for the people of Hafnarfjörður was clear. Orri said a working group had been working for two years but no agreements had been reached. Many questions remained unanswered and the financial aspect of the matter had not been finalised. He said that a deal between the town and Carbfix, which was unclear at this point, would be the final say for the town's residents in a referendum.

The entire meeting can be watched on Hafnarfjörður's Facebook page. Comments can be made on the plan presented at the meeting via Planning Authority's planning portal until 10th October.

The changes that were introduced

The amendment to the master plan presented at the meeting aims to define 8 new industrial plots, each measuring 0.7 hectares. Each plot has a buffer plot for CO₂ and water abstraction and road and pipeline connections between plots, but a 'borteigur' is a term used for an area where carbon dioxide sequestration takes place.

Each plot has a remote control for CO injection.₂ and water abstraction and road and pipeline connections between plots, but a 'borteigur' is a term used for an area where carbon dioxide sequestration takes place.

On each offshore site, an estimated control structure, up to 150 m² in size and up to eight injection wells, each with a well casing. Piping between the boreholes will be underground. On the drill pads there will be a control room.₂ dissolved in water and pumped down into the rock layers.

At the same time, industrial areas are defined, I3 is merged and expanded at the expense of the defined square. unbuilt area along with the need to amend two local plans and create one new local plan.

• New detailed plan for the southern part of Kapelluhraun. Four new injection sites are planned, and the pipeline routes, along with access tracks, are defined.
• Hellnahraun Detailed Plan, Phase 2, Change. The planning boundaries will be altered and a new plot defined with a building envelope north of Breiðhellu 16. Access and a utility route are shown.
• Hellnahraun Detailed Plan, Phase 3 , amendment. The planning area is enlarged and plots will be altered, a new plot is added and service lines and access to the plots are defined.

Comments may be made, as previously stated, on Planning Authority's planning portal until 10th October.