“Miles and miles of queues on the E4 highway, after slipping – ”Tvärhalt””
“Saltbilen got stuck in the queue”
“accidents involving lorries between Piteå and Skellefteå has caused miles of queues on E4 during the evening.”
“According to the police, is because the accidents on a sharp slip that settled over the whole coast of norrland.”
“– On some routes it is not so slippery, but so it will be below freezing and tvärhalt, so I have to be careful, ” says Kurt Marklund, RLC-command at the police.”
“SMHI has issued a class 1 warning for the sudden ishalka in Norrbotten county coast towards the night towards Saturday.”
“the Ice, which also affected other parts of the northern coast, has caused major problems in traffic during the Friday.”
“Stood five hours in a queue”
“On the E4 highway, between Piteå and Skellefteå, it is just now long queues due to a number of accidents involving lorries that have occurred earlier in the day.”
“– It is so slippery that the trucks have been in the way and blocking, ” says Kurt Marklund, RLC-command at the police.”
“– There’s a queue, quite long queue. We had a patrol on site at 21.45, and then it was about a mile.”
“Then 16.30-time, there has been a traffic jam in both lanes. Now reported to the traffic flow in the northbound direction, but the problem persists in the southbound.”
“A person who is in the queue says that it is ”very, very content”:”
” We have been five hours in the queue. Now it started to just roll slow, but it rolls in all cases. We run in the 10-20 km / hour, so it will probably take before we get there.”
“”Saltbilen stand in the queue””
“At 20.55 ordered police to the scene. Then wrote the police on its website that ”saltbilen stand in the queue again halkbekämpa on-the-spot”.”
“One reason for the long queues is according to the police, you can’t lead if the traffic – because the smaller roads along the E4 is not cleared winter.”
“– What I understood from the Dmv they would not be able to handle the amount of traffic or heavy traffic as it would mean that the lead on the E4. It would be more trouble, for they are not sandade or salted at all, ” says Kurt Marklund.”
“– So it can probably be true that a part has been sitting for a few hours.”
“There is no indication that any would have been damaged in accidents to the slipperiness caused – but the police urge road users to exercise caution.”
“– It is recommended to reduce the speed on certain routes it is not so slippery, but so it will be below freezing and tvärhat, so I have to be careful.”
