This weekend’s landslide in Stenungsund has a very large impact on traffic. The E6 is completely closed between Stenungsund and Ljungskile – and there is still no forecast for when the road can be restored again.
Trafikverket’s press manager Bengt Olsson says that there are above all two alternative roads, national highway 650 and E45, but emphasizes that there is great uncertainty about how the diversion works in practice when the work week begins.
“We don’t know what will happen with these diversion routes, how much they will be able to swallow, or how much traffic will please to go on Monday.” The only thing we know is that the commuter traffic and rush hour traffic are often quite intense regardless of where you are in the country, says Olsson.
Road users are asked to try to avoid rush hour traffic in particular to reduce the risk of getting stuck in queues, but also to stay informed about how the traffic situation is developing.
“If I had lived there myself, I would have taken it very easy on Monday morning to see how the traffic goes and how it flows,” says Olsson.
— Wait and check the information sites that are available. Not going off and just taking a chance, I think that’s pretty good.