Holiday time often means queues, not least on a Friday. – There is a lot of traffic, confirms Anniken Island in Vegtrafikksentralen. Queue at Langangen At Langangen in Porsgrunn, there is a queue as the road narrows to one lane after the 110 zone. – You have to expect 35 minutes of delays on the stretch between Larvik and Porsgrunn, says Iceland to news. Anniken Island, traffic operator in the Norwegian Road Traffic Centre. Photo: Stian Wåsjø Simonsen / news – You have to expect to queue today. news’s reporter reports on just over two kilometers of standing queues in the southbound direction from Langangen. – Charging anxiety At Grenlandsporten in Porsgrunn, we meet Julie Gundersen at the charging station. She is on her way from Oslo to Kragerø on Friday. Julie Gundersen took no chances, and stopped to recharge at Grenlandsporten on Friday. Photo: Theo Aasland Valen / news When the traffic slowed towards Porsgrunn, she did not take the chance of running out of power. – Now we had to charge. We probably have a bit of charging anxiety, she smiles. Aina Bjørsrud also had to be patient on Friday. They are on their way from Hamar to Risør. Aina Bjørsrud drives from Hamar to Risør. She thinks things are going well on the road, but expects a delayed arrival. Photo: Theo Aasland Valen / news – From Langangen it almost came to a stop. The last mile was very slow. Now we follow Googlemap and hope for the best. Ferry crash causes chaos in Geiranger There are also traffic problems in Geiranger. The main road into the tourist village of Geiranger is now closed. This happens after the ferry between Eidsdal and Linge crashed into the quay on Friday. The ferry service is one of the busiest during the tourist season. There are long queues to get to and from Geiranger on Friday. Photo: Geir Jørva On Friday, the Eidsdal-Linge ferry connection is cancelled, the reason being damage to the ferry quay in Eidsdal. The connection will be suspended for the day, informs Fjord1. New information about the situation is expected at 8 p.m. There is a diversion via Geiranger-Hellesylt and major traffic problems are expected in the area on Friday. A motorist at Liabygda states that there are queues one to two kilometers long, after cars, buses and trucks have to turn around at the Linge ferry quay. The closure is also felt in Geiranger. – There is more commercial transport than usual, and the foreign buses and trailers have not realized that it is closed. So they have to turn around too. Published 05.07.2024, at 15.53 Updated 05.07.2024, at 16.21
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Lots of traffic on the roads during the holidays – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
