on the island. Espoo's side starts in the Westend district. Going towards the city center of Helsinki, the Länsiväylä will run along the Lauttasaari Bridge, which was built in late December 1969. The bridge is 317 metres long and 23.5 metres wide, made of reinforced concrete, and its span is 56.6 metres. Organisational activity Lauttasaari is an organisationally active district. This is evident from the influential, politically independent local Lauttasaari Society. A local voluntary fire brigade was founded in 1916 by the initiative of postman Emil Wathén with financial support from Julius Tallberg, for which Tallberg donated the building lot and building supplies for its own fire brigade house. This classic wooden fire brigade house with a hose tower was in service until 1965 when it was dismantled and was replaced with the current fire brigade house built from stone. A noteworthy aspect of the fire brigade's history is that the artist Ola Fogelberg, nicknamed "Fogeli", living in Lauttasaari served as its chief for several years. His portrait still remains on the wall of the fire brigade house along with the portraits of other chiefs and honorary members. His term as chief ended at the start of the Winter War. Future The population of Lauttasaari at the end of the 2020s was estimated to be 24,797 inhabitants. The amount of traffic in Lauttasaari is going to increase, as the number of visitors to the Lauttasaari metro station and the Koivusaari metro station are projected to reach 30 thousand people per day in total. Lauttasaarentie and Lauttis Lauttasaarentie is the main thoroughfare in Lauttasaari, home to many residents, and the location of the shopping mall Lauttis, which also serves as one of the entrances to the Lauttasaari metro station. The shopping mall is the commercial centre of the island, and near its geographical centre. Subdistricts The district of Lauttasaari is divided into four subdistricts. Koivusaari The subdistrict of Koivusaari is a separate island, separated from Lauttasaari by a narrow channel. It had no residents as of 2017. Its postal code is 00200. The Koivusaari metro station was built in anticipation of extending the island by land fill and constructing residential buildings on it. Kotkavuori The subdistrict of Kotkavuori comprises the northeastern part of the island, nearest Helsinki city centre. The housing is mainly apartment buildings. The subdistrict has one of the two main hills of the island, where the iconic Lauttasaari