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Relocation of the Ring Road in Mýrdalur
The history of this project is long and has been going on for some decades, but in 2013 the master plan of the municipality Mýrdalshreppur was approved with a new Ring Road through Mýrdalur, south of Geitafjall, above Dyrhólaós and through a road tunnel in the south of Reynisfjall.
The government has provided funding for the preparation of the project from 2020-2024, but the project itself has not been financed.
Read moreHow to make autonomous vehicles coexist with other traffic
"The road infrastructure must be prepared for self-driving vehicles – especially in the beginning when the concepts are still new. Researchers are contributing to this through CoEXist, an EU-funded research project in which VTI participates as the largest partner." So it says on the Nordic web page which publishes articles about research projects in the Nordic countries.
Read moreHerjólfur IV arrives in Vestmannaeyjar
The new Vestmannaeyjar car ferry Herjólfur IV was greeted with great joy by inhabitants and guests at a welcoming event at Vestmannaeyjar harbour on the 15th of June. The event was held in celebration of the arrival and naming of the Herjólfur car ferry.
Read moreCondition and Opening of Mountain Roads
A map with information on mountain road conditions
Read more- Icelandic roads turned into art
- Þingvallavegur (36) closed - use Vallavegur (361)
- Sediment transport and bathymetric change at Hornafjörður tidal inlet
- Bridge closed on the Ring Road (no.1) at Selfoss
- The weather and potholes
- The temporary bridge over Steinavötn opens tomorrow
- Open if you are walking
- Where then is the Ring Road closed?
- The road at Hólmsá will be opened today 30.9.
- The Ring Road is closed at Steinavötn in Southeast Iceland
- Get the IRCA app
- Driving in Iceland - on line class
- The weather in Iceland is not at all like back home
- Increased traffic in Iceland
- Drive carefully
- New English webpages
- Following a cyclothon in the web cameras
