The new junction of Reykjanesbraut and Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edkurvegur will be opened at 13:00 today, Friday, 15 December.\u00a0 A ceremony will be held at the junction on the west side, where Transport Minister Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson will formally open the junction with the assistance of the Director of Public Works. Also in attendance at the opening will be the Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and representatives from the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, the Road Administration, the contractor, and others who have been involved in the project. The contractors are Loftorka Reykjav\u00edk ehf. and Su\u00f0urverk hf. <\/p>\n
Work began in March 2017. However, various finishing works still remain to be completed, and these will be finished in the spring of 2018. The project involves the construction of a grade-separated junction between the Reykjanesbraut and Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edkurveg. <\/p>\n
The works also include alterations to Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edkurveg, the construction of a connecting road to Su\u00f0urbraut and a connecting road to Selh\u00e6llan. Also included is the construction of a footpath and cycle path along the Su\u00f0urbraut connection and speed-reducing measures on Su\u00f0urbraut. The construction of a noise barrier on the Reykjanesbraut in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is also part of the project. In addition, changes to utility systems and landscaping are included.<\/p>\n
Tenders for the project were opened on 22 February 2017. A contract was signed on 21 March 2017 and work commenced. Construction of the bridge structure began on 21 July 2017. The contract completion date was 1 November 2017, but this was delayed for various reasons. The total cost is estimated at approximately 1.1 billion kr\u00f3na.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
N\u00fdframkv\u00e6mdin, gatnam\u00f3t Reykjanesbrautar og Kr\u00fdsuv\u00edkurvegar ver\u00f0ur tekin \u00ed notkun n\u00fana \u00ed h\u00e1deginu f\u00f6studaginn 15. desember kl. 13:00. Ath\u00f6fn ver\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 gatnam\u00f3tin a\u00f0 vestanver\u00f0u og mun Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson samg\u00f6ngur\u00e1\u00f0herra formlega opna gatnam\u00f3tin me\u00f0 a\u00f0sto\u00f0 vegam\u00e1lastj\u00f3ra. Auk \u00feeirra ver\u00f0a vi\u00f0staddir \u00feessa opnun b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar og fulltr\u00faar fr\u00e1 Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6, Vegager\u00f0inni, verktakanum og a\u00f0rir sem komi\u00f0 hafa a\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13479"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}