– I expect that we will get support for this, says Marit Hougsrud (Sp). She is the mayor of Sør-Aurdal municipality in Valdres – one of several municipalities that was badly hit by the extreme weather “Hans”. There, the secondary school was under water, a landslide went right through a housing estate and several small and large roads were destroyed. Now the municipality has roughly calculated how much the extreme weather has cost the municipality. Total: NOK 68 million. Expecting the state to pick up the bill The 68 million in Sør-Aurdal is only a small part of the pot of discretionary funds that the flimsy municipalities in Austlandet have applied for. – We do not have the finances to suddenly be able to take these millions without further ado, so I expect that we will get good help for this, says the mayor of Sør-Aurdal. During the extreme weather “Hans”, Sør-Aurdal youth school in Bagn was under water. The damage is so great that the school cannot be used. According to Mayor Marit Hougsrud (Sp), there may be talk of moving the entire school. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news The municipalities in Innlandet and Viken county estimate that the extreme weather has cost them a staggering NOK 808 million. While the municipalities in Viken have applied for NOK 131 million in discretionary funds, the municipalities in the interior have asked for NOK 677 million. Nordre Land has applied for NOK 27 million after extreme weather Hans. Gran municipality has applied for NOK 204 million. Nord-Aurdal municipality has applied for NOK 15 million. Ringerike municipality has applied for NOK 41 million. Ål municipality has applied for NOK 25 million. Nesbyen municipality has applied for NOK 27 million. – Berre byrjinga Ål municipality in Hallingdal has applied for NOK 25 million. Councilor in Ål, Karsten Popp Dideriksen, believes this sum is only the beginning. – What we have applied for is what we have had in terms of real expenses so far. This is just the beginning, says Dideriksen. Councilor in Ål municipality, Karsten Popp Dideriksen, believes that the final sum after the extreme weather “Hans” will be greater than the amount they have applied for. Photo: Lykke Frida Synnøve Høyås / news There were several landslides in Ål, and “Hans” caused great destruction to roads and infrastructure. In addition, the municipality had large expenses for, among other things, evacuation hotels for the residents. – We evacuated around a thousand people, that’s 22 per cent of the inhabitants, says Diderikson. This is how the millions are distributed Innlandet county: Dovre municipality: NOK 9,400,000 Øyer municipality: NOK 300,000 Skjåk municipality: NOK 100,000 Sør-Aurdal municipality: NOK 68,600,000 Vang municipality: NOK 7,300,000 Lom municipality: NOK 6,000,000 Vågå municipality: NOK 7,000,000 Sel municipality: NOK 58,600,000 Nord-Aurdal municipality: NOK 15,000,000 Gausdal municipality: NOK 34,400,000 Ringsaker municipality: NOK 2,400,000 Gjøvik municipality: NOK 36,000,000 Søndre Land municipality: NOK 15,000,000 NOK Sør-Fron municipality: NOK 10,100,000 Ringebu municipality: NOK 20,300,000 Nord-Fron municipality: NOK 23,700,000 Åmot municipality: NOK 4,000,000 Vestre Toten municipality: NOK 11,000,000 Vestre Slidre municipality: NOK 300,000 Gran municipality : NOK 204,500,000 Østre Toten municipality: NOK 51,300,000 Øystre Slidre municipality: NOK 4,000,000 Alvdal municipality: NOK 100,000 Nordre Land municipality: NOK 27,900,000 Lesja municipality: NOK 800,000 Rendalen municipality: NOK 800,000 Lillehammer municipality: NOK 25,900,000 Hamar municipality: NOK 12,500,000 Våler municipality: NOK 19,800,000 Viken county: Ringerike municipality: NOK 41,500,000 Marker municipality: NOK 5,900,000 Hole municipality: NOK 5,300,000 Flå municipality: NOK 105,000 Nesbyen municipality : NOK 27,000,000 Gol municipality: NOK 10,000,000 Hemsedal municipality: NOK 670,000 Ål municipality: NOK 25,000,000 Hol municipality: NOK 4,000,000 Krødsherad municipality: NOK 850,000 Jevnaker municipality: NOK 11,700,000 Source: The State Administrator of the Interior and the State Administrator in Viken Also in Nord-Aurdal in Valdres they spent large sums on evacuation. The municipality has applied for NOK 15 million in support. 3 of these millions went to hotel expenses under “Hans”. Will have to cover a lot – It is a heavy lift for the municipalities, both this year and next year. We are not finished with this yet, says Anne Kathrine Fossum, municipal and coordination director at the State Administrator in the Interior. In Innlandet, a total of 29 out of 46 municipalities have applied for discretionary funds after “Hans”. The amount ranges from NOK 204 million, which Gran municipality has applied for, to NOK 100,000, which Alvdal has requested. – This says something about the fact that many people were affected by the storm in different ways, some more severely than others, says Fossum. The extreme weather led to great destruction in Austlandet. The municipalities in Viken and Innlandet are asking for support of over NOK 800 million. The ticket is from Dokka in Nordre Land municipality. Photo: Theodor Eilertsen She says that the municipalities will be reimbursed much of the amount they have applied for. The money will be transferred to the municipalities in December. news has tried to get a comment from Municipal and District Minister Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (Sp) without success. Still property Even if the municipalities have asked for millions of kroner in support, they still have to cover parts of the clean-up work themselves. The property is NOK 250 per resident. Municipalities that have expenses that exceed NOK 250 per resident can have half of the expenses covered. This means that several municipalities fall outside the Ministry’s scheme. Although the amount does not exceed NOK 250 per inhabitant, several municipalities have had significant additional costs as a result of the storm. Oslo is among the municipalities that fell outside the scheme. The municipality had costs of NOK 43 million due to the extreme weather. Drammen municipality has so far had costs of NOK 6.5 million. Lillestrøm municipality has reported costs of NOK 5.1 million. Nittedal municipality had costs of NOK 4.5 million as a result of the extreme weather “Hans”. Nevertheless, these four municipalities fell outside the scheme. Now the State Administrator in Viken is asking the ministry to take a closer look at the municipalities that fell outside the support scheme.
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Municipalities in Innlandet and Viken ask for over NOK 800 million after the extreme weather Hans – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
