Gardermoen opened after iskaos – but soaped on the roads – Dagbladet.no

Gardermoen opened after iskaos – but soaped on the roads – Dagbladet.no

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E6 / OSLO (Dagbladet): It is very demanding driving conditions in eastern and Oslo Gardermoen Airport was closed for a period.

The time 16 reports Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL) on Twitter that both runways at the airport is opened after værkaoset that enabled them to shut all traffic on Tuesday afternoon, but roads in the area is slippery by freezing rain. Despite freezing rains the water settles and freezes the ground.

Dagbladet ran E16 and E6 from Kongsvinger to Oslo this afternoon. The roads were very slippery and it was slow moving queue in and out of Oslo. Several cars standing with its flashers on along the road, and several hold around 60/70 km / h on the highway leading to Gardermoen.

Police warn

The same is reported by several police:

– Warning to the Wayfarers in Østfold: Due precipitation and cold weather, it is sometimes very slippery throughout district, especially small roads, reports Østfold police.

Oslo police report very slippery roads, and says that it sprinkled several places.

– Message from the patrols out on Romerike about very slippery roads. Are minus degrees, but started to rain. Freezing rain. Sprinkle Cars notified, according Romerike Police.

On heels

The reason that Gardermoen was closed was that the runways were frozen.

– It is freezing on the ground; ten degrees below zero and then it started to rain. It has frozen and is awful slick. We have to add chemicals before we can operate air traffic further, said pressevakt Lasse Vang Stein at OSL to Dagbladet 15.25 o’clock.

Fly that should and must take off and travel towards Gardermoen, was told to wait.

– But some are already in the air, so we are working full with getting it ready so they can land, says Vang Stein.