Redemption Committee reaches decision on Focus area properties and compensation for landowners
The Redemption Committee has completed the redemption process concerning the Kaura and Kaukokiito properties. The expropriation covers approximately 15 and 24 hectares of land located in the southern part of Tuusula, which is part of the Focus area north of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and along the future Kehä IV ring road.
In addition to the municipality, Helsinki Kaukokiito Oy, Peab Industri Oy, Destia Oy and private landowner Åvall-Lehtinotko were involved in the redemption process.
The Redemption Committee resolved the matter at its final meeting on 22 May 2025, at which the committee determined the property to be redeemed and the compensation to be paid for it. As part of the decision, the Redemption Committee also confirmed the settlement agreements drawn up with the municipality and Åvall-Lehtinotko and Destia, which were approved by the Tuusula Municipal Board at its meeting on 19 May 2025, section 232.
In total, the municipality of Tuusula was ordered to pay approximately €4.7 million in the expropriation proceedings. The expropriation committee’s decision on the price of the raw land is based on previous transactions in the area and the market value of raw land.
At its meeting on 28 January 2019, § 6, the council decided to apply to the Ministry of the Environment for a redemption permit for the redemption of properties in the Focus area. The Ministry of the Environment granted the municipality a redemption permit and a partial advance possession permit on 17 September 2020. The decision of the Ministry of the Environment was appealed to the Helsinki Administrative Court and subsequently to the Supreme Administrative Court, which rejected the appeals against the redemption permit in its annual decision on 16 October 2023. According to the Supreme Administrative Court, the legal requirements for granting the expropriation permit to the municipality of Tuusula were met under the Land Use and Building Act and the Expropriation Act.
The properties will become the property of the municipality once the decision of the expropriation committee has become final and the compensation determined by the expropriation committee has been paid. The decision of the expropriation committee will become final on 8 July 2025. Only the parties concerned may appeal against the decision of the redemption committee.
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