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‘The New Normal’ can build roads

Commuters may come out the best as Norway's once-high-flying economy adjusts to what politicians and economists are calling "The New Normal." That refers to the...

Foreign trucks face winter ban

Drivers of foreign-registered trucks may soon be banned from using highways over the mountains during the winter months in Norway. Authorities have lost patience with poorly...

Icy rain disrupts traffic

Unseasonal rain that hit frozen roads during the night made for extremely difficult and dangerous driving conditions in wide areas of southeastern Norway on...

Extreme weather soaks the north

Roads turned into rivers, avalanche danger soared and highway crews were having a very hard time battling the elements as the storm called "Mons" doused Nordland and other...

Emergency crews braced for storm

The state highway department (Statens Vegvesen), police, the Red Cross and other emergency services were braced on Tuesday for the storm called "Mons" that...

Floods close roads and nursing home

Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday caused rivers around Lillehammer to break their banks, closing the E6 highway at Øyer, flooding road tunnels and...

‘Dirtbags’ shocked transport minister

As Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen reached the end of an epic road trip from one end of Norway to another on Thursday, he said he was...

Transport minister hits the road

Ketil Solvik-Olsen has set off on what some might call the "mother of all road trips" in Norway. Solvik-Olsen, the country's amiable new transport...

Speed limit rises to 110kph

Norway's new transport minister from the conservative Progress Party, Bård Hoksrud, announced Friday that motorists will be able to legally drive faster on some...

Full speed ahead for E39 highway

The Norwegian government finally settled on a new route for a scenic but faster and safer E39 highway along the west coast this week,...
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