Ari Edwald warns Borgarlína could cost households half a million a year

Households in Reykjavík’s upper and eastern districts could face new taxes of half a million a year because of the Borgarlína project, city councillor Ari Edwald told Morgunblaðið.

Edwald, who represents the Centre Party, said the state’s only option for funding the project was to tax the public through road-use charges. He cited Ártúnsbrekka as a likely place for charges, collected from people driving that route, and criticised the lack of clarity about a review of the project as a whole.

Edwald wants Reykjavík residents to have a say in a residents’ vote and make a final decision on the project, including how its costs would be charged to them.