Transport

"In connection with a thaw and an unexpectedly high traffic load, the Haapsalu-Noarootsi ice road will be closed from Friday afternoon. The reopening of the ice road will be announced," spokespeople for the Road Administration told.

The ice road, which was opened at 11 a.m. and closed at 2 p.m. on Friday, begins off Vasikaholmi Beach in Haapsalu and terminates near the jetty in Noarootsi's Osterby Harbor, at the end of the Nommkula-Aulepa-Osterby road. The length of the ice road is approximately four kilometers. Vehicles with an actual mass of up to 2.5 tons will be permitted to drive on the Haapsalu-Noarootsi ice road.

Spokespeople for the Road Administration told that the authority is planning to open an ice road to the island of Piirissaar next and is currently carrying out ice surveillance on the route between Piirissaar and Laaksaare on Lake Peipsi. "Further research on other ice roads will not be done before a new cold," spokespeople said.