Regional advocacy objectives submitted to the municipal board on September 1.

The municipal board will approve the advocacy goals requested by the Häme region in its meeting on September 1, 2025. The goals presented by Janakkala concern the economy, education, transport infrastructure, as well as public transport and internationalization.

Janakkala suggests, among other things, that the regional council should work more actively together with the municipalities to attract significant investments to the area. The regional council should also work decisively in the field of education to strengthen the educational offerings in the area and ensure they meet the needs of businesses.

– We need to promote the municipality of Janakkala through advocacy and communicate in various directions how good it is to try, work, and live here. However, decisions that affect us are made elsewhere than in Häme. On the other hand, for example, investments are competed for between different regions and countries. For these reasons, the regional council has an important role as a spokesperson for the entire area and the municipalities of Häme, says the municipal manager Riikka Moilanen.

Additionally, the municipality of Janakkala proposes that the regional council consider the drafting of a joint advocacy program for the area to achieve national goals.

The municipal board is also setting the materials from the proposal phase of the Harviala local master plan for public view.
The general goal of the Harviala local master plan is to comprehensively plan the land use of the area, taking into account current activities and development needs. The aim is to define and enable sufficient expansion areas for construction, which would support the future use of the Harviala train stop.

– It is important in the Harviala local master plan to examine the area comprehensively, considering current and future buildings, road networks, green areas, cultural environments, and natural sites, states the chairman of the municipal board Reijo Löytynoja.

The complete agenda of the municipal board. ( In Finnish)