“Naturally, we are talking about shit,” says Ingimar Ingimarsson, member of the executive committee for Hafnarfjörður. The community has been trying to get Garðarbær to pay for the use of the Hafnarfjörður sewage system for the past five years, but to no avail.

A retail park which belongs to Garðabær situated on the foothills of Hafnarfjörður, has been using the system, placing it under considerable strain according to Ingimar. IKEA is amongst those stores in the park connected to the Hafnarfjörður system.

It was at long last agreed at a Garðabær council meeting that the mayor of Garðabær should discuss the issue of paying off past costs for using the system with the mayor of Hafnarfjörður, and come to an agreement on continued cooperation.

Asked whether the matter should be in the hands of civil servants, rather than the mayors themselves, Ingimar said that the civil servant route had already been tried out.

The costs which are being discussed total about 20 million krónur, “if they are fully paid”, adds Ingimar. Exactly how much the citizens of Garðabær ought to pay towards the 4 billion krónur sewage system is widely disputed.

Ingimar says that in addition to this, Garðabær council has billed companies in the area for using the system, without Hafnarfjörður council being aware.

“We have had this item on the agenda many times,” says Ingimar, meaning to say that the committee members have become extremely irritated by this issue, having brought it up repeatedly with the Garðarbær committee.

“At the end of the day, Garðabær residents are going to the the toilet at the expense of those who live in Hafnarfjörður,” Ingimar said about this long-lasting bone of contention between the communities. The dispute continues.

Source: visir.is
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