📋 Tender Overview
The government proposes to set aside NOK 2 million in the revised national budget for further elaboration of measures in connection with the port of Vard.The government will upgrade ports and fairways to ensure growth in fisheries-dependent coastal communities. This is an important focus area embedded in the Hurdal platform. Vard is of great value to the fishing industry in Aust-Finnmark. The government therefore wants to get started with this project as soon as possible says Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs Bjrnar Skjran.In NTP 2022-2033 NOK 200 million has been set aside for measures in connection with the port of Vard and the project is scheduled to be able to start up before 2026-2027. The government has a great understanding of the impatience of the Vard community. At the same time we do not avoid projects like this having to be completed and planned before it is started so that the estimate of costs is as correct as possible and to ensure that all relevant regulations are complied with says the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs.As a result of the regional reform the Norwegian Coastal Administration does not have updated plans for all measures contained in NTP 2022-2033 and several of them therefore require further investigations and clarifications. This applies i.a. the pier project in the entrance to Vard.It is a great pity that the Norwegian Coastal Administration is now in such a position. This must be seen in connection with the Solberg Governments decision to transfer the states responsibility for fishing ports to the county municipalities and the reduction of the Coastal Administrations planning and engineering capacity. This has given a stop to the planning of this type of project since 20172018. We are now in the process of building up this capacity again says Skjran.
