Landsvirkjun to finish construction of Þeistareykir road

Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, has announced that it will finish the construction of Þeistareykir road, connecting Húsavík and Lake Mývatn. The power company started the building of the road from Húsavík to service its new power station at Þeistareykir. “The new road will open more possibilities …

New Vaðlaheiði tunnel opened for traffic from today

Workers have been busy for the last 24 hours to finish work on the new tunnel connecting Húsavík and Akureyr, that are now open to traffic. The tunnel is open and will be free of char­ge un­til 2 Janu­ary, when they will officially open. This is good news for …