The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications is considering a private member's bill from Trond Helleland, Anne Kristine Linnestad, and Ove Trellevik to begin planning work on tunnels on Highway 7 across Hardangervidda. The committee majority (Progress Party and Conservative Party) is calling on the government to instruct the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to start the planning process as soon as possible to establish a safe year-round road. The minority (Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party) proposes an alternative approach: mapping comprehensive measures to protect wild reindeer.
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The Storting calls on the government to instruct the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to begin work on a regulatory plan for a safe year-round road on Highway 7 across Hardangervidda as soon as possible.
The Storting calls on the government to map comprehensive measures that could improve conditions for wild reindeer and ensure this forms part of the basis for considering the next national transport plan.