Excavator overturns on Tjörnin lake islet

It did not get any higher than when the contractor corporate Sólgarður’s mini excavator fell to the aspect whilst running at the islet in Tjörnin lake as of late, however the entirety went smartly, says Sölvi Steinar Jónsson, who’s answerable for refreshing the islet.
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An excavator overturned on the islet in Tjörnin lake in Reykjavík all the way through recovery paintings, however no accidents or injury had been reported.

“The device merely tipped over. It was once status on comfortable sand, and it was once simply human error,” mentioned Sölvi Steinar Jónsson, proprietor of the building corporate Sólgarður, which is overseeing the ongoing recovery of the previous mill islet.

In accordance to Jónsson, a mini excavator being used by means of his workforce fell onto its aspect however was once now not broken in the incident.

Reviving the Islet

“We started the recovery this iciness,” Jónsson defined. “Proper now, we’re putting rocks round the islet, and later this iciness we’ll change the soil. The purpose is to get ready the space so birds can nest there. It will be surrounded by means of rock, then lined with grass, and we’ll plant two or 3 bushes.”

Sólgarður’s challenge breathes new lifestyles into the small islet—an often-lost sight of phase of Tjörnin lake that many Reykjavík citizens move by means of day by day, despite the fact that few have ever set foot on it.