Long traffic jams in front of the Gotthard Tunnel

In many Swiss cantons and in several neighboring countries, holidays Summer starts on weekends. This was evident on the roads: north of the Gotthard tunnel on the A2, the vehicles were 12 kilometers and more on Saturday

At 17 hours, the cars in front of the north portal of the road tunnel were still 5 kilometers, according to Viasuisse. The travelers were so good an hour longer. A bottling resolution was scheduled until 19 hours.

On Sunday mornings starting at 7 am, vacation travelers are again tested for patience. According to Viasuisse, there will still be traffic jams until 18 o'clock on Sunday night – however, the procession will not measure more than 7 kilometers during this period

The traffic jam had already started early Friday morning and did not stop. Has not dissipated since, as announced Viasuisse, Although the traffic jam temporarily retreated to three kilometers Friday night, it began to rise again overnight.

Saturday after midnight, the standing column was 7 kilometers long, then 14 kilometers in the morning. This meant a waiting time of over two hours for car tourists.

At noon, the column was 12 kilometers long, slightly shorter than the 13 to 15 kilometers planned by Viasuisse.

Chiasso-Brogeda announced: The column of those who wanted to continue towards Italy was around noon according to the TCS traffic information about 7 kilometers long. The loss of time was 30 minutes

Viasuisse recommended to avoid congestion on the San Bernardino. There were also traffic jams because of the traffic. There was no traffic jam on the road via Simplon and the Great St. Bernard.

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