Just after 20:30, the police state that the last vehicles that had problems on the snow road on the E39 in Lindesnes have been removed and that the road has been plowed. Traffic is now moving in both directions, but it is slow. Earlier on Monday evening, there was a stop in both directions when two wagon trains were stopped in Osestadbakken on the E39 in Lindesnes. Torbjørn Rypestøl then told of chaos on the spot. – A wheel loader with a chain pulls trailers up the hill, he told news. Tonight he was heading east on the E39 when he and several others had problems on the ground. – I had to back down, but the car turned to the side. I had to have push assistance to get going again. You have to have some speed. It doesn’t work with a hill start, he said earlier on Monday evening. When he got to Fardalsbakken further east, he also stood. The traffic is in Fardalsbakken west of Vigeland in Agder. Photo: Tom-Richard Hanssen Olsen / Tom-Richard Hanssen Olsen Several road scrapers, wheel loaders and plow trucks were called out. At 19.05 the police announced that it would be opened up to westbound traffic at Osestadbakken. Then only passenger cars got through. An hour later, information came that several vehicles and wagon trains that were stuck had been removed, but that some remained. In parallel, work was done on plowing the road. Around 18.30 it is snowing heavily in the area. Photo: Tom-Richard Hanssen Olsen / news Trucks do not arrive Traffic operator Marita Bakkebø at the Road Traffic Center south described the situation in Osestadbakken as demanding. – Trailers don’t get up, so wheel loaders have to pull them up. The plow crew can’t get there either because there is so much queue, said Bakkebø. At 18.00 there was a 45 minute delay in the westbound direction towards Stavanger. In the eastbound direction towards Kristiansand, the delay was 27 minutes. Has issued a hazard warning The Meteorological Institute has issued a yellow hazard warning for parts of Eastern Norway and Southern Norway. From Monday afternoon and the next 24 hours, between 15 and 30 centimeters of snow is expected. On-duty meteorologist Ingrid Bentsen says on Monday evening it will snow mostly in western parts of Agder. – Overnight and tomorrow we expect the most precipitation in the areas east of Kristiansand. There is precipitation in large parts of Agder and will continue to do so. So there could probably be problems elsewhere too, she says.
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Snow in Agder – several truck trains got stuck – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
