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Building an accessible beach in Möys will still be delayed in late summer

Building an accessible beach in Möys will still be delayed in late summer

The snowy beach landscape, the two hardwoods framing the image and the skier is visible on the ice of the lake in the sunshine.
Möysä beach in Joutjärvi, Lahti in February 2025.

Competition of work has had to be suspended. More accurate plans are needed to build an accessible pier on the beach.

Möysä beach park work will be delayed in late summer.

The park has been designed, among other things, for green, street, stormwater and outdoor lighting, which was supposed to begin in the spring in April.

However, project tendering had to be suspended.

According to the ELY Center in Häme, the plan for the unobstructed beach for the beach must still be clarified.

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Non -sewers are invited to the survey – the waste authority wants to know where the sludge ends

Non -sewers are invited to the survey – the waste authority wants to know where the sludge ends

Orange-black plastic tube enters the plastic well mouth.  There are plants around and a lid in the background and the foot of a person in work.
If the property is not connected to the sewerage network, any wastewater must be led into a tank from which the sludge is emptied and removed.

The Lahti Region Waste Management Authority aims to gain a more detailed understanding of the need for sludge transport. The survey round starts at Kärkölä.

Non -sewers are invited to a resident survey in Kärkölä. The survey is conducted by the Lahti Region Waste Management Authority and the purpose is to find out where the waste water of the property is derived and whether the property is used for sludge tanks.

A request to respond to the questionnaire will be available during March, either by email or via SMS.

The report relates to the last fall of the Lahti Region Waste Board, according to which the transportation of the precipitation and closed sludge will be transferred to the municipalities, that is, in practice, to the reciprocating cycle. The decision has been appealed to the Administrative Court, so it is not yet final.

The change is expected to take place from the beginning of 2029, so the waste management authority says it is already starting to collect information on property wastewater treatment systems so that it can design the emptying of sludge tanks.

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There are problems in the indoor aircraft in Lahti

There are problems in the indoor aircraft in Lahti

The picture shows the yard of the kindergarten in winter.  There is a fence in front of a sign that urges you to use the gate.  In the background, a gray -roofed building and snowy land.
The structures of the kindergarten have moisture and microbial damage, which is why the use of the premises is limited.

The use of one play and rest and the gym is restricted in the kindergarten.

The use of the facilities of the Asemantausta kindergarten is restricted in Lahti due to health damage.

A moisture and indoor air condition survey conducted at the end of 2024 has found deficiencies and damage to indoor air quality.

Kindergarten structures have moisture and microbial damage that cause health damage to the entire building.

Health authorities require restriction in two early childhood education. The play and sleep space of the Kirsikkalaakso group will be completely disabled. In addition, the use of the gym is limited to the passage.

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Lahti reduces the number of play areas – the playgrounds that have been ripped and vandal

Lahti reduces the number of play areas – the playgrounds that have been ripped and vandal

A black swing that hangs on chains.
Reforming one play area costs around € 150,000.

The city asks residents’ opinions about the playgrounds to be removed.

In the coming years, Lahti will eliminate the number of play areas.

The city is currently preparing a plan for play areas for the next 10 years, but Kujala says the intention is to remove poor and vandal play areas on a quick schedule.

The idea is to close about 7 playgrounds a year, while currently the depreciation pace is in 3-4 years.

– The play areas require constant maintenance, security checks and cleaning. Personal work is expensive. It pays when the car and man move, Kujala says.

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Lahti worried about the young people’s impress and wants to wake up parents before it is late

Lahti worried about the young people’s impress and wants to wake up parents before it is late

For example, impressing is the inhalation of propellant gases for intoxication.

Lahti wants to wake up young parents to talk to their children. Implementing is a growing phenomenon that means breathing solvents or gases for intoxication.

According to a preventive substance abuse worker, the wake -up of parents is necessary, as the traces of the phenomenon are visible in the streets according to youth workers.

Lahti published a bulletin and prompt for discussions in the communication system between home and school in Wilma, when the school’s weekly winter holiday began on February 24.

Walkers Lahti Youth Café facade in the evening light.  The café window features blue decorative lights, Walkers logo and posters for young people.
The Walkers café in the center of Lahti is for those aged 13-17.

Walkers café employees have also told Suopello that dry shampoo bottles have been found in the cafe’s toilet. The toilet freshener has also disappeared from the café toilets.

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Lysti ended short in Lahti: the city no longer keeps the water on the water of Lake Vesijärvi

Lysti ended short in Lahti: the city no longer keeps the water on the water of Lake Vesijärvi

People walk on a snowy lake on a sunny winter day, with buildings and forests in the background.
Fine weather attracted Lahti to the Vesijärvi ice rink in February even before it was ready.

The ice is in such poor condition that you can’t go there.

The city of Lahti has stopped keeping the Vesijärvi ice route open this winter.

The city announces that the quality of the ice has been estimated by sample measurements. Clear steel ice has been stitched and its strength has weakened, so it is no longer safe to move on the ice route.

Ice will continue to deteriorate in the next few days, for which the weather forecast promises heat degrees.

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MP Mika Kari pulled his name off the regional election list

MP Mika Kari pulled his name off the regional election list

SDP's Mika Kari speaks to the Lahti City Council.
Mika Kari also has significant positions of trust in his hometown of Lahti.

Mika Kari was already nominated for both spring elections, but the world situation made me consider otherwise. The triplat task has brought overlaps.

Originally, Kari was planning to be a candidate in both municipal and regional elections. He pulled his name out of the regional election candidate in the last meters.

Kari justifies his decision with world politics. According to him, the duties of the Defense Committee and the NATO delegation are increasingly demanding an overseas assignment, leaving less time for other positions of trust.

– There is a wish from Parliament that more than currently is available for foreign positions. By nature, I am a person who wants to do trust and not just to be, so I felt it was better to make more space on the calendar, says Kari.

Member of Parliament in different meetings

During this parliamentary term, Kari has also had significant positions of trust locally and regionally. He is chairman of the Päijät-Häme Regional Council and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lahti Energia.

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A man who died in police prison was suspected of Hennala’s homicide

A man who died in police prison was suspected of Hennala’s homicide

The close -up is a red brick wall that says \
Häme police reported that the person who died in the criminal offense of the police on Wednesday.

A man suspected of a homicide died in custody last Friday.

A man suspected of a homicide died while in custody at the Lahti main police station, the Häme police report.

A 53-year-old man was found dead in the storage space of the Häme Police Department at the Lahti Main Police Station last Friday.

Police suspect the man of the murder of his female friend. The act took place in Hennala, Lahti on February 20, 2025.

The imprisoned had a long history of criminal history.

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IL: In Pekka fraud, a crime benefit of EUR 14,500 and 300 lawyers

IL: In Pekka fraud, a crime benefit of EUR 14,500 and 300 lawyers

Screenshot for apologies for Pekka on social media on Instagram.
Sorry Pekka’s residence was widespread in the last week of February. It soon became clear that it was a scam.

The donations were € 10-50.

The police investigation has revealed that the crime benefit of Pekka-Petos, which has spread in Somme, is approximately EUR 14,500. Iltalehti says.

The magazine also reports that police suspect three bay fraud.

Last week, a story about Pekka-boy who committed suicide spread in Somme. The story, shared by the Helpuna Association of Charity Association, made many donate money to the \”Pekka\” mother.

According to police, there are about 300 lawyers in the case. The individual donations are between 10 and 50 euros.

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Pasicans Pasi Nurminen is nominated for regional and municipal elections

Pasicans Pasi Nurminen is nominated for regional and municipal elections

Pasi Nurminen.
Pasi Nurminen is the main owner of the Pelicans hockey club. Archive picture.

The ice hockey influencer in Lahti will nominate for politics from the list of the Coalition Party.

– As a yellow bump I get involved. For twenty years, I have been able to see exercise, culture and top-level sports from the fence. I feel that there is certainly something to give to the well -being of the people, says Nurminen.

The Häme Coalition left a full list in the regional elections in the Päijät-Häme welfare area.

In Päijät-Häme, the Coalition Party has an electoral coalition with the RKP. The Coalition list includes 83 candidates on the RKP list.

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