Tag: roads
Police alarmed over accelerating road fatalities
Norwegians have hit the road again this summer but danger lurks even on the safest new highways. Traffic fatalities have risen sharply so far...
Famed mountain road can’t open yet
Norway’s iconic Trollstigen, a scenic mountain road in Romsdal famed for its hairpin turns, isn’t likely to open to traffic until the very end...
Calls go out to lower speed limits
Norway's national automobile federation NAF has joined environmentalists, farmers and the Greens Party in recommending that speed limits on Norwegian highways be rolled back...
More heavy snow halted trains
Another blizzard that dumped as much as 30 more centimeters of snow in Southern Norway forced closure of the rail line known as Sørlandsbanen,...
More snow boosts flood warnings
The weather this week has been nothing like the "mild May" conditions Norwegians like to sing about. Road authorities were warning motorists on Tuesday...
Millions earmarked for roadwork
The state plans to both repair roads and stimulate the economy by earmarking another NOK 600 million (USD 57 million) for projects to be...
Storm warnings posted again
Norwegian media were sending out warnings from state meteorologists on Friday about yet another storm moving in from the north Atlantic and slamming right...
Storms and flooding halt trains, ferries
More stormy weather and high tides set off flooding that forced closure of train stations in Drammen and Halden on Monday. Strong winds and...
More storms hammer Western Norway
Roads were closed and communities isolated in Western Norway on Monday, after snow followed by heavy rainstorms raised the threat of landslides. Stormy weather...
Rockslide shocks highway officials
A brand-new stretch of Norway's highly trafficked E18 highway around Larvik was hailed as the "project of the year" when it was completed just...
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