Snow clearance is underway in the residential streets.
Staff at the Hafnarfjörður Service Centre and contractors on behalf of the municipality are continuing their tireless work of clearing the town's streets and paths. The clearing and fine-tuning of residential streets will continue over the next few days. 16 council and contractor vehicles are working on clearing snow in all neighbourhoods, as well as removing it from areas where it has begun to cause obstruction and create a hazard.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Staff of the service centre of the City of Hafnarfjörður and
Contractors on behalf of the local council continue to plough and clear streets and
the town's paths. As soon as the snowfall stopped this week and there was room for something else
But to keep the main routes, bus routes and main car parks open, the group set to work.
Shovelling in the alleyways. Shovelling and fine-tuning in the alleyways will continue next
days. 16 council and contractor vehicles are working on gritting in all neighbourhoods, in addition to
of snow being removed from places where it has started to
narrow and create a hazard. This work has already begun, for example, on Hringbraut,
Öldutún, Reykjavíkurveg and in several other narrower streets.
180 km of
roads and 200 km of trails
Snow clearance and
The cleaning of all streets and paths in Hafnarfjörður is extensive and
a major project. The road network within the residential area in Hafnarfjörður is 180 km, of which
are residential streets, about 80 km. The Hafnarfjörður trail network is 200 km, of which about 92 km
paths have been cleared. Paths in cul-de-sacs are not cleared. Work on
The snow clearing over the last few days has proved to be a great challenge because the volume is large and the snow is heavy.
heavy, especially in the streets. As soon as it starts to snow again, they go
All machines return to serving priorities 1 and 2, regardless of whether the area has been cleared.
streets. The plan is essentially always to keep priority routes 1 open before
but priority 2 is addressed first. Priority 3, the back streets, is not attended to until the routes in
Priority 1 and 2 are open and passable.
All suggestions in the suggestion portal
Hafnarfjörður therefore appeals to residents to Register all suggestions On how to improve snow clearance in the council's feedback portal
and thus contribute to ensuring that no street, footpath or
plan which is under the supervision and on the plans of the town, forgotten. All suggestions are
Prioritised and tackled as soon as time permits. We thank the residents
Thank you for their contribution, patience and understanding.
More detailed information about the council's snow clearance and gritting.