– It has not been announced that it will be any better in the near future. If you can leave the car, it is probably a good idea, says traffic operator Christofa Key-Nilsen in Vegtrafikksentralen to Dagbladet.
On the second day of Easter, many of the mountain passes between east and west are closed due to bad weather, but around 6pm on Monday, the E134 was opened for normal traffic over Haukelifjellet.
On national road 52 Hemsedal and county road 50 between Aurland and Hol, there is column driving. Key-Nilsen states that there are also long queues on E16 Filefjell, where there is now column driving.
– There are long queues there as it was the only open mountain pass before. Many have driven there because it was open, but then it changed to column driving, she says.
According to NTB, county road 50 between Aurland and Hol has been closed since Sunday, but was opened for column driving on Monday morning. Road traffic center reports a three-hour wait from the east.
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It’s all bad news for Norwegians on their way home from the Easter holidays.
– We see that many traveled yesterday, but several have probably chosen to go home today, or postpone the trip. It may be wise to postpone, considering how things look now, says Key-Nilsen.
There is nothing to suggest that the weather is easier at first. Most likely, the mountain passes will therefore not open in the foreseeable future – unless the weather suddenly turns.
E 16 Filefjell: Column, 1-2h waiting time
E 134 Haukeli: Open
Rv 7 Hardangervidda: Closed, will not be opened today
Rv 13 Vikafjell: Closed
Rv 15 Strynefjell: Closed
Rv 52 Hemsedal: Column, 4h waiting time
Fv 50 Aurland-Hol: Column
Fv 53 Årdal-Tyin: Closed
Fv 613 Gaularfjell: Closed– Road traffic center. vest (@VTSvest) April 5, 2021
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Closed to the north
Vegtrafikksentralen Øst signs Twitter that national road 15 Strynefjellet is closed due to storms and landslide danger. It will not be opened today.
Key-Nilsen has the following advice for those who choose to use the sections that are open for column driving:
– What you have to think about then is that you plan your trip, and that you have enough clothes and food in the car, because you can sit and wait a long time. Make sure you have enough fuel or electricity if you have an electric car. And if you can postpone the trip until tomorrow, it’s almost the best, considering the weather.
Queues have also been reported to the big cities.
– There are entrance queues from those who have been on Easter holiday. Then the advice is to keep the queue, and focus on the road, says the traffic operator.
In northern Norway, the E69 Skarsvåg-Nordkapp in Troms and Finnmark counties is closed due to the storm, according to NTB.
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