The cars pile up in front of the Gotthard over ten kilometers

Travelers need a lot of patience to drive to the south. Early Saturday morning, the vehicles were blocked in front of the gate north of the Gotthard south about ten kilometers. In the afternoon, the traffic jam is shortened to two kilometers.

Traffic jams had increased steadily during the night. Shortly before six in the morning, according to the TCS, the maximum waiting time was two hours, in the afternoon only fifteen minutes between Wassen Göschenen.

On the south side, cars quarreled in the afternoon between Quinto and Airolo over a length of seven kilometers, the waiting time was about an hour and a quarter [19659005TheTCSrecommendedasalternativeroutestheA13viaSanBernardinoandtheopenalpinepassesTrafficdelaysontheGotthardshouldcontinueasplanneduntiltheevening

Saturday traffic jams were expected. In Baden-Württemberg, the third largest and only German state bordering Switzerland, since the school holidays since Thursday. In Bavaria, they start on Saturday. So, currently in Switzerland, all over Germany and also in the Netherlands summer holidays. (sda)