Six MPs submitted a private member's bill proposing nine road safety measures. The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications, with support from a majority of Progress Party and Conservative Party members, recommends four of them. Members from other parties put forward alternative or additional proposals.
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Committee recommendation I: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, including proposals to reclassify county roads with high traffic volumes and/or importance to industry as national roads, with a binding timeline.
Committee recommendation II: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, including measures to simplify design standards for pedestrian and cycle paths, so that more such infrastructure can be built within existing budgets.
Committee recommendation III: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, including deployment of new technological solutions for traffic information on roads and temporary tunnel arrangements to improve road safety.
Committee recommendation IV: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, establishing real-time traffic information access for drivers as a road safety measure.
Progress Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, stipulating that the main road network should be developed as head-on collision-free four-lane highways for roads with annual average traffic exceeding 6,000 vehicles per day.
Progress Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, establishing a binding timeline to clear the maintenance backlog on the national road network.
Progress Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, allocating additional resources to repair and upgrade sections of the national and county road networks.
Progress Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, prioritizing enhanced road markings on centre lines and edge lines for national and county roads, with a binding implementation timeline.
Progress Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to present a road safety package as part of the 2027 state budget, prioritizing improved road markings in urban areas for safer and more efficient traffic flow.
Red Party and Green Party proposal: The Storting calls on the government to allow local authorities to establish and expand use of automatic traffic enforcement (ATK).