{"id":14368,"date":"2020-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/endurbaetur-a-opnum-leikvollum\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:03:13","slug":"repairs-to-open-playgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/endurbaetur-a-opnum-leikvollum\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvements to open playgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>English below<\/p>\n<p>In our town there are <span id=\"tmp_1594983400111_3\"> <a class=\"internal\" href=\"\/en\/human-life\/utivist\/play-and-football-pitches\/\">numerous playgrounds and football pitches<\/a> <\/span> and each year they are maintained and renewed.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, work has included improvements to open playgrounds deep in Teigabygg\u00f0, \u00c1lfholt and Stekkjarhvamm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the playing field in Teigabygg\u00f0, the paving was repaired, new nets were fitted to the football goals, and the fall-protection layer was replaced with a gravel base and artificial grass on top. In addition, a work-school group has laid turf around the playing field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the playgrounds in \u00c1lfholt and Stekkjarhvamm, the sub- and topsoil were renewed, a new swing was installed in Stekkjarhvamm, and paving slabs were laid. An outdoor barbecue will then be installed at Stekkjarhvamm.<\/p>\n<p>Staff from the Department of Environment and Planning have been working on these projects with specialist contractors. In addition, summer staff and staff from the Work Experience Programme are involved in the final finishing of the areas.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming weeks, the surfacing and some of the play equipment will be renewed on three further playgrounds in Lj\u00f3sabergi, Blika\u00e1s and the area between Steina- and Fj\u00f3luhl\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n<h2>Improvements to public playgrounds<\/h2>\n<p>Our town has numerous <a href=\"\/en\/human-life\/utivist\/play-and-football-pitches\/\">playgrounds and playing fields<\/a> that are maintained and improved each year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, we have been working on the playgrounds in the innermost part of Teigabygg\u00f0, \u00c1lfholt and Stekkjarhvammur.<\/p>\n<p>The paving at the playground in Teigabygg\u00f0 was repaired and new nets were installed in the football goalposts. In addition, the fall protection layer was replaced with a gravel underlay and artificial grass was laid on top. Furthermore, a team of workers from Vinnusk\u00f3linn (Work School) has laid new turf around the playground.<\/p>\n<p>At the playgrounds in \u00c1lfholt and Stekkjarhvammur, the underlay and overlay were renewed, a new swing was installed in Stekkjarhvammur and paving laid. An outdoor barbecue will also be set up at Stekkjarhvammur.<\/p>\n<p>The employees of the Environmental and Planning Division have been involved in these projects with the help of expert contractors. In addition, summer employees and the staff of Vinnusk\u00f3linn (Work School) have been hard at work finishing these areas.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few weeks, the underlay and some of the playground equipment will be renewed in the playgrounds in Lj\u00f3saberg, Blika\u00e1s and the area between Steinahl\u00ed\u00f0 and Fj\u00f3luhl\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\u00c1lfholt - playground\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/alfholt-1-juli-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c1lfholt - playground\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/434;\" \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Teigabygg\u00f0 - playground\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/teigabyggd-_opin_leikvollur-_juni_2020.jpg\" alt=\"Teigabygg\u00f0 - playground\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/434;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stekkjarhvammur - playground\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/stekkjarhvammur-1-juli-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Stekkjarhvammur - playground\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/434;\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt;English below&gt;&gt; \u00cd b\u00e6num okkar eru fj\u00f6lmargir leik- og sparkvellir og \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri er unni\u00f0 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0haldi og endurn\u00fdjun \u00feeirra. S\u00ed\u00f0astli\u00f0nar vikur hefur m.a. veri\u00f0 unni\u00f0 a\u00f0 endurb\u00f3tum \u00e1 opnum leikv\u00f6llum innst i Teigabygg\u00f0, \u00c1lfholti og Stekkjarhvammi.\u00a0 \u00c1 leikvellinum \u00ed Teigabygg\u00f0 var hellul\u00f6gn l\u00f6gu\u00f0, n\u00fd net sett \u00ed f\u00f3tboltam\u00f6rkin, fallvarnarlagi skipt \u00fat fyrir malarundirlag [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17717,"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-14368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14368","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=14368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14368"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}