News - Transport

In Tuusula, the new school year begins on Thursday 13 August 2026 at primary and secondary schools. The Tuusula School of Visual Arts and the Adult Education Centre will also start their term during August.

Practising the route in advance and agreeing on how to use a mobile phone help children and young people starting their journey to school to get there safely.

The development project for the railway line between Helsinki and Riihimäki will result in changes to the tracks used by trains in Jokela. Track 1 will be back in use on 10 August, whilst Track 3 will be taken out of service until further notice due to track works.

As part of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Helsinki–Riihimäki railway project, modification work related to the construction of additional tracks will be carried out on the Purola and Nuppulinna overpasses during the summer. During the works, only one lane will be open at the bridges crossing the railway line on Vähänummentie and Nuppulinnantie, and traffic will be controlled by traffic lights.

A retaining wall is being built in Jokela as part of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Helsinki–Riihimäki railway project. In connection with the construction of the retaining wall, piling work will be carried out in the area at night from 24 May. This phase of the work may cause noise disturbance for local residents.

The Public Works Department of Tuusula Municipality has drawn up a draft street plan and a proposed amendment to the street plan.

Renovation work in the Jokela area will begin with the construction of foundations for electricity pylons on the eastern side of the track from 4 May 2026. Completion of the electricity pylon foundation works will enable the construction of a new underpass for Blennerintie beneath the railway, the associated road connections and the bridge crossing the Palojo River.

With the arrival of spring, maintenance work on gravel roads has begun again in Tuusula. Spring maintenance is necessary to ensure that gravel roads remain passable.

Tuusula Municipality is resuming work on the Ristikiventie footpath and cycle path, which had been on hold over the winter. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2026.

The new safety plan, drawn up in cooperation with Järvenpää and Kerava, outlines the content and priorities of the municipalities' road safety work for the coming years. The vision of the plan is to reduce the number of road traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the area to zero by 2035.