The case in summary: • The government is changing the road standard to save the environment, which means narrower roads, reuse of existing roads and fewer natural interventions.• There will no longer be a speed limit of 110 kilometers per hour on all new four-lane roads.• The changes will result in more new roads with two and three lanes, and some new four-lane roads that are narrower. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Slimming, recycling, nature and the environment. Keywords you might not associate with road construction. Now the government is changing the so-called road standard. This means, among other things, narrower roads, reuse of existing roads and fewer natural interventions. Fewer natural encroachments and more affordable roads In the new road standard, there will no longer be a speed limit of 110 kilometers per hour on all new four-lane roads. The roads may also become narrower. The reason for this is that the government wants to save nature and arable land and get more bang for the buck. – It is about us having a responsible road policy. Then we will also get more out of the resources and can achieve better road standards for more citizens in the country, says transport minister Jon-Ivar Nygård (Ap). Jon-Ivar Nygård, Minister of Transport (Ap). Photo: Olav Juven / news New motorways with a speed limit of 110 cost. Not only in the form of money, but also in the form of great destruction. – When you take the roads you already have, improve and expand them, it is a much smaller natural intervention than if you build a brand new four-lane motorway next to it, says climate and environment minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap). Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Climate and Environment (Ap). Photo: Tom Balgaard / news The changes mean that there will be several new roads with two and three lanes, and some new four-lane roads that are narrower. – This is very good in terms of taking better care of nature and stopping the bit-by-bit degradation of nature that we have been doing far too much in Norway, says Barth Eide. – Disappointed, the Nature Conservancy has called for a lower speed limit. Now they get what they want. – We are very happy that the government understands that you have to slow down and stop using 110 as the standard and start with a two-three lane road as a good road solution, says Truls Gulowsen, head of the Nature Conservation Association. He is still not completely satisfied. – We are very disappointed that they still maintain the opening to build a so-called narrow four-lane road. – Wrong solution Bård Hoksrud and the Progressive Party introduced four-lane roads with a 110 speed limit when they were in government. Hoksrud does not want to slow down on new road sections. – I think it is a completely wrong solution. It is about traffic safety, security and quick accessibility. What the government is doing now is going back to the old way of building roads, he says. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news The Minister of Transport does not agree that this is a step backwards. – This is based on professional assessments. Two- and three-lane roads can handle traffic very well. It is probably more correct to say that what has been the existing road standard has been too crude, too expansive, taken too much nature and been too expensive, says Nygård.
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The government will make the motorways narrower and slower to drive on – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
