Flekkerøy Tunnel
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Construction costs were 87 million kr. Tolls were collected from the opening in 1989 until 14 July 1998. Fire safety in the tunnel is considered to be good.
Speed control
The tunnel has a strict 70-kilometre-per-hour (43 mph) speed limit. There are an automatic speed control camera in both directions in the tunnel. After complaints during the first few years after its opening of people driving too fast, the police intensified speed traps throughout the tunnel. In the first half of 2009, the police stopped many speeders, collecting more than 3 million kr in speeding fines (which corresponds to an average of about 16,000 kr each day). They also filed 22 police reports and 30 driver's licenses were confiscated. That was despite the fact that the cameras are not activated at all times.
References
- ^ Aas, Sigurd (1993). Vegvesenets historie: Vest-Agder 1964-1989 (in Norwegian). Kristiansand: Vegsjefen i Vest-Agder. pp. 67, 169, 272–273.
- ^ The former ferry to Flekkerøy Video from the 1980s by NRK
- ^ "Flekkerøytunnelen" (in Norwegian). Flekkeroy.no.
- ^ Amundsen, F.H. (1991). Trafikkmessig oppfølging av:...Flekkerøytunnelen (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
- ^ "Her brenner det i Flekkerøytunnelen". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Automatisk trafikkontroll i Buskerud, Vestfold, Telemark, Aust-Agder og Vest-Agder" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
- ^ Andersen, Terje (2009-09-16). "Pengesluket". Fædrelandsvennen Motor (in Norwegian). pp. 9–10.