The case in summary: • Nesbyen municipality has adjusted down the building ban that was introduced after the flood in August, but 55 house owners are still waiting for an answer.• Over 90 house owners have been exempted from the building ban.• The municipality is criticized for poor communication and lack of interest in the situation of those affected.• The municipality has been working on planning a flood embankment to secure the homes, and its location will decide the fate of the remaining 55 house owners.• The municipal board will consider the resolution proposal on the flood embankment on 30 November. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – No, that’s not good. To go like that and not get to know anything. I try not to think about it, says Haraldset. His house was flooded when the flood hit Nesbyen in Hallingdal. He shares his fate with 55 other homeowners in the municipality who do not know if they can move back. – I don’t know where to say. This place means everything to me. It is not appropriate to move me, says the 92-year-old. Of the 149 residents who were affected by the advance warning about building and subdivision bans, 55 homeowners are still waiting for a response from the municipality. Photo: Thomas Mørch Got a building ban The flood that inundated Nesbyen on 8 August made dozens of homes uninhabitable. Many have to rebuild entire floors before they can move back home. A month and a half after the extreme weather, 149 homeowners received advance notice of building and subdivision bans from Nesbyen municipality. Now the municipality has adjusted down the building ban. This week it was announced that over 90 of them were exempted from the building ban. 55 homeowners are still waiting for a response. Those affected by the warning have had to remain in place for rest. Many of them are in difficult, temporary housing situations while they wait for a decision. Criticizes the municipality – I feel a sense of relief, but I am most disappointed, says May Kristin Riise. Riise is one of those who are now allowed to start rebuilding their own house. Although the family of four has been waiting impatiently to return home, she is not entirely satisfied with the situation. – The fact that the municipality has not contacted any of those concerned is incredibly bad, she believes. May Kristin Riise is critical that the municipality has not contacted those affected. Photo: Lykke Frida Synnøve Høyås / news – Where shall we do with grandfather? Several of the houses in their family were affected by the flood, including the house of 92-year-old Trygve Haraldset. The grandfather of Riise’s two children is still affected by the building and subdivision ban. – What are we going to do with grandfather then? The fact that nobody makes contact with a 92-year-old man is highly objectionable, says Riise. Children and grandchildren live just a stone’s throw away from Trygve Haraldset in Steinmogutu. The family stays close to each other, and the street feels like home. Trygve Haraldset used to drive his grandchildren around Steinmogutu in his tractor. Photo: Tore Haraldset / Tore Haraldset Now it is uncertain whether he will be allowed to move back again. The sons, who are also his neighbours, have given him the nickname “the caretaker”. He takes care of and puzzles with their homes. Now the family is worried about what will happen if he is not allowed to return to his everyday life. Got new home flooded – This is not something I want to relive. It’s so heavy. Both physically and psychologically, says Magnus Brennhovd. Twenty-year-old Magnus Brennhovd bought his first house this summer. Now he is back in the boys’ room, after his house was completely damaged during “Hans”. Photo: Lykke Frida Synnøve Høyås / news The twenty-year-old bought her first home this summer. Just a month after he moved in, Nesbyen was under water. Brennhovd is one of 55 homeowners who are still affected by the notice. The municipality takes self-criticism – I have understanding and compassion for those who are still in this situation. It has been a difficult process for those affected, says Anders Halland. Halland is the municipal director in Nesbyen municipality. Anders Halland, the municipal director in Nesbyen municipality, has collaborated with NVE to move the flood embankment further down in Nesbyen. Photo: Lykke Frida Synnøve Høyås / news Several of those affected have spoken out about the lack of interest in their situation, and lack of information from the municipality. – We have to take self-criticism that for a time we may have given little information, and that we have not had a good enough overview of how people really feel. Preparing security measures that affect as few people as possible has been a demanding process, also for the municipality. – The basis for us being able to declare around 95 homes healthy now is that we have worked continuously on planning the flood embankment, he says. The planning of the flood embankment is one of several measures that the municipality and NVE have worked on in the wake of the extreme weather. In the first plans, the flood embankment went through the center of Nesbyen. Now that the projected flood embankment has been moved closer to highway 7, more homes will be able to be saved. – We are working on it further now, to get it placed where it should be, says Halland. It is the location of the flood embankment that determines the fate of the remaining 55 homeowners. The municipal board is scheduled to consider the resolution proposal on 30 November. Hi!Thanks for reading the whole thing.Do you have any thoughts to share? 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The flood in Nesbyen: Trygve (92) does not know if he can move home
