Cold weather forces roadworks into peak traffic hours

Roadworks are taking place during the day because it is now too cold to mill and pave at night, the road authority’s information officer told mbl.is. The daytime work has contributed to congestion during peak hours in the capital region.

G. Pétur Matthíasson said the road authority had funds left for milling and paving and chose to carry out the work now rather than postpone it. It also has to consider nearby residents when scheduling night work, he said, to avoid disturbing their sleep.

Traffic was heavily delayed on Wednesday by work on a ramp from Bústaðavegur, a road, towards Hafnarfjarðarvegur and Kópavogur. The work began at 9 a.m. and was completed at 5 p.m. Further work is planned for Thursday on Bústaðavegur, on a ramp towards Kringlumýrarbraut, another road.

The road authority plans to speed up work on Kringlumýrarbraut to ease traffic. Roadworks in Grafarholt also caused heavy traffic on Tuesday.