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On Monday April 6 at 12 oclock the average measurements of speed in the Mlefjell Tunnel and the lesund Tunnels will start. I am glad that we are now using it in these tunnels. Average speed measurements limit the number of people killed and severely injured by 50 per cent on accident-prone routes says Transport Minister Knut Arild Hareide.In February the Ministry of Transport and Communications granted an application from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration that the average measurement or so-called stretching ATK should be implemented in the Ellingsytunnel and the Valderytunnel lesund Tunnels on national highway 658 as well as in the Mlefjellet tunnel on E 134. start the measurements.The routes in question have all documented high average speed. The lesund tunnels have also had many accidents while speeds of over 200 km h have been regularly measured in the Mlefjellet tunnel. Have listened to concerns and professional adviceWe have listened to the concerns that have come in connection with high speed in these tunnels and we have listened to the professional advice we have been given. I am glad that we are now getting average speed measurements in these tunnels says Hareide.In our assessment we emphasize that other control measures in the tunnel are practically difficult to implement and will expose control personnel to risk. With increased accident risk as a result of documented high average speeds and frequent speeding violations the assessment of alternative measures is that stretching ATK will be the best and most cost-effective traffic safety measure in these tunnels. As is well known tunnel accidents have very serious potential for injury says the Minister of Transport.
