The case in summary: – NAF has calculated that it will cost NOK 14.2 billion to secure the ten most dangerous stretches on the national and county road network. – The sum is divided into NOK 8.7 billion on national roads and NOK 5.5 billion on county roads. – The need for avalanche protection is greatest in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Møre og Romsdal. – On many exposed sections, there is a need for a tunnel or a new route to secure the road. – On national roads there are 78 places with a high avalanche factor, and on county roads there are number 123.– In Finnmark, only county road 8830 in Store Lerresfjord is on the list of places with a high risk of landslides. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – It is urgent to start avalanche protection for several sections, says press manager Ingunn Handagard in NAF. The sum is divided into NOK 8.7 billion on national roads and NOK 5.5 billion on county roads, according to the overview. It is based on figures from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s overview of landslide points submitted to the Ministry of Transport in connection with the new National Transport Plan. They write that the needs are great in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Møre og Romsdal. Landslide factor is calculated based on how likely it is that a landslide will occur. One looks at: Consequences that can result from how much traffic there is at the site Possibility of detours Other factors. Langfjordbotn is a place prone to avalanches. Every now and then it is closed due to the danger of avalanches. Here from an avalanche in Langfjordbotn in 2018. Photo: Thomas Sørensen / news In Finnmark, there is only county road 8830 in Store Lerresfjord, which is on the list of places with a high risk of avalanches. – This is only the tip of the iceberg. On national roads there are 78 places with a high landslide factor, and on county roads the number is 123. In addition, there will be a number of places with a medium or low degree of danger, where measures are still needed, says Handagard. Roads with the highest landslide factor: National roads by landslide factor: Rv. 13 Kvassdalen – Vestland Rv13 Osgjelet – Vestland Rv. 5 Skredvikja – Vestland E16 Vaksdal – Vestland Rv. 13 Byrkjenes – Vestland Rv. 15 Grasdalen – Vestland E 10 Presteneset 1 – Nordland E10 Kvanndalen – Nordland Rv. 13 Øvre Lonevatn – Vestland Rv. 13 Ygningsdalshamrane – Vestland County roads by landslide factor: Fv 5744 Navelsakerstranda – Vestland Fv 5829 Otterdalsstranda – Møre og Romsdal Fv 613 Gaularfjellet – Vestland Fv 5723 Merkingsjølet – Vestland Fv 7594 Myrlandsfjellet – Nordland Fv 5625 Skjerdalsberget – Vestland Fv 8830 Store Lerresfjord – Finnmark Fv 5724 Heimefonna – Vestland Fv 49 Snauhaugtunnelen – Vestland Fv 49 Tokagjeltunnelen – Vestland Source: Statens vegvesen. On many exposed sections, a tunnel or new route is needed to secure the road. Got free accommodation Last week, the E6 between Langfjordbotn and Talvik in Alta municipality was closed due to avalanche danger. It is the main entrance to Finnmark from Troms. The road in Langfjord has been untouched for 30 years. It does not have the road between Isnestoften and Alta. It has been equipped at a cost of NOK 2 billion. There have been several landslides in Langfjorden in recent years and the measures taken in the 90s are not helping. The sanitation association has been forced to open its own house for road users who are stuck in the village when the road closes due to landslides. Florence and Constanse from France spent the night in the house of the sanitary women in Langfjorden. – We had no place to be. We went to the shop and then we met Annie Mikalsen, says Florence. Fv: Florence and Constanse are on a trip to Finnmark. Last week it was standing still when the road was closed. Photo: Hanne Larsen / news Mikalsen is a member of the sanitary women in Langfjorden and a resident. – She said that we could go here because it is a guest house. Our first thought when the road closed was that we were going to find a solution by meeting someone who could tell us when the road would reopen. They thought the road was only closed for a few hours and not all night. – Did they think about sleeping in the car? – No, it’s too cold, says Florence. They are grateful for the possibility of accommodation and especially that it was free. – It is incredible. In France it is not like that, says Florence. When the road was opened on Thursday, the women continued their journey to Alta. Seeing the need Mikalsen says that they have seen the need to have such an open house. – When the road is closed, there has been a long line of cars in a queue. We have seen that there is a need for people to have a place to be, says Mikalsen. Annie Mikalsen from Langfjorden is a member of the sanitary women and lives in Langfjorden. She gave the two French tourists a place to sleep. Photo: Hanne Larsen / news She says that they have been doing this for the past few years. The sanitary women have, namely, care readiness. Nevertheless, the permanent residents are used to living with the danger of landslides. – We don’t drive when there is a risk of avalanches. It’s a good thing that this time the road was closed before you got that far. It doesn’t always happen at all, says Mikalsen. According to acting head of department in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Olav Korsaksel, it will cost NOK 250 million to avalanche-proof the stretch. – It is difficult to answer when we will be able to do something with this type of avalanche protection because we must have funds to get this in place. Such an extensive stretch is not something we cannot do something about immediately, he says. – Too bad Rut Olsen sits on the county council as an independent representative and believes that race protection in Finnmark is taken too lightly. Rut Olsen sits on the county council. She thinks the avalanche protection is too bad. Photo: Robin Mortensen / news – Troms caught the eye of breed protection when human lives began to be lost. We saw both buses and plow crews and everything that went on the sea. Then I think something happened in Troms, she says. She thinks it is terrible if lives are lost because of poor avalanche protection. – We still struggle with closed roads and danger to life, Olsen asserts. – It has been many years since they decided to do something with Langfjorden, but they didn’t finish. And it was also known that one actually missed the points where the rasa came, she says. The county politician thinks this is not good enough: – Compared to Troms and the focus they have on landslide and avalanche protection there, I think we are not good enough in Finnmark.
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Landslide protection of Norwegian roads will cost NOK 14.2 billion – news Troms and Finnmark
