Conservative proposal for municipal tolls

The latest Buskerud news from the past 48 hours: Drammen’s municipal right-wing bloc presents a proposal for a municipal boundary toll package, while amateur radio operators in the county are positioning themselves as a fallback solution if communication networks go down. Two local solidarity initiatives also come to fruition, before the weekend’s miscellaneous news.

Buskerud news: Drammen Høyre wants tolls at municipal borders

On Thursday evening, Drammen Høyre held a members’ meeting where a proposal for a new toll package for Drammen was presented (NRK Buskerud). Mayor Kjell Arne Hermansen (H) wants to achieve sustained development in the city: more inhabitants, safer kindergartens and schools, and a dynamic business community.

The conditions are specific: no toll rings within Drammen, a cap of 20 kroner per passage, and payment limited to 60 passages per month. Revenue must be used exclusively for building new roads and new infrastructure, in order to reduce queues and give Drammen more flow and growth. “We have to be more offensive than we have been, because we need more inhabitants,” says Kjell Arne Hermansen (NRK Buskerud).

The question of political majority remains open. Asked what would be needed to secure it, the councillor points to the Arbeiderpartiet’s timetable, which must deal with the case before Christmas as part of its programme (NRK Buskerud). The system, which would affect entrances to the municipal territory, therefore has not yet been settled.

Amateur radio operators ready to take over in a crisis

Some 3,500 amateur radio operators have the necessary equipment if all communication channels were to fail, reports NRK Buskerud. Among them, 68-year-old Ivar Grønn embodies this resource: these operators can become crucial in a crisis when the mobile network no longer responds.

The topic falls under local preparedness: having a transmission channel independent of standard infrastructure. The NRK Buskerud report does not put a number on the operators specifically based in the county, but documents the potential role of this human network on a national scale.

Local solidarity: Ringerike and the Stenseth volunteers

In Ringerike, an online fundraiser (spleis) has reached its goal: the body of Jay, a Colombian woman who was found dead in October, can now be brought home to her family (NRK Buskerud). Residents opened their wallets after the tragedy, and the sum needed for this transport has been raised.

Another recognition: the volunteer organizations that responded after the major Stenseth fire are among six finalists for the 2026 national Frivillighetsprisen (NRK Buskerud). Their on-the-ground commitment is thus recognized at the national level.

Drammens Tidende also publishes on Sunday a profile of Magnus, 32, a father of young children, who took up marathon running without having ever run before (Drammens Tidende, 03h).

📌 Local Briefs

Saturday evening, a chain collision involving at least three vehicles and seven people, including children and adults, occurred on the E18 southbound between Oslo and Drammen. Four people were sent to the hospital and three to the emergency department for examination; no serious or fatal injuries have been reported, according to operations chief Victoria Hillveg of the Sør-Øst police district. The road reopened to normal traffic at 19:20 (NRK Buskerud).

At Drammen hospital, a man in his thirties died after being stabbed in a closed ward; another man, also in his thirties, is being prosecuted for homicide and agrees to be placed in custody. He must be placed in an institution with no visits or correspondence allowed. Police were on the scene at 12:41; according to NRK Buskerud, they were alerted after 20 minutes.

A motorist stopped by the Utrykningspolitiet (UP) was reported for four simultaneous offences (Drammens Tidende, Sunday 00:00).

Sources: NRK Buskerud, Drammens Tidende, The Local Norway — Period: 07 November 2026 and 08 November 2026