Svalbard Storage site and fee rules face decision on 18 November
The local council (Longyearbyen lokalstyre) meets on Wednesday 18 November at 09:00 Svalbard time in the Næringsbygget, in the meeting room Newtontoppen.
The council is to decide whether to keep working on a long-term solution that gathers storage and operations functions at the old environmental station. The administration recommends a preliminary project to clarify needs, technical condition, ground conditions, safety, costs and risk. The preliminary cost frame is NOK 710,000.
The council also takes up a proposed regulation on fees for private planning proposals in the Longyearbyen planning area. It is meant to give clearer and more predictable rules and is proposed to take effect on 1 January 2027.
The agenda also holds the meeting plan for the council and its committees next year. Two alternatives are laid out, with different meeting times for two of the committees.