- While it was still up to 12 kilometers on Thursday evening, it was reduced to 8 kilometers towards morning.
- The waiting time from 4 a.m. was one hour and 20 minutes, as can be seen from the TCS traffic information.
During the peak hours on Maundy Thursday at noon, travelers were stuck in traffic for more than two hours. Viasuisse expected the column to expand again no later than 6 a.m. on Good Friday.
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Trucks and cars are already backing up on the A2 southbound in Silenen (UR) late Thursday morning.
Beat Kälin
In Ticino, summery weather is tempting during the Easter days. On Saturday, SRF Meteo expects 26 degrees in places. Temperatures are likely to drop slightly on Sunday and Monday, despite the sunshine.
Record high traffic on Wednesday
On Wednesday afternoon, cars had been backed up for ten kilometers – longer than they had in seven years. The Easter traffic jam between Erstfeld UR and Göschenen UR had expanded in the course of the morning. At 10:30 a.m. the column was still four kilometers long, at 1 p.m. it was nine kilometers. At 2:00 p.m., he reached the provisional high of ten kilometers.
This number represents a record, wrote the traffic information service Viasuisse. In the past seven years, the traffic jams in front of the Gotthard tunnel on the Wednesday before Easter would never have been more than seven kilometers.
Willing to travel again
According to the Federal Roads Office (Astra), people’s desire to travel increased again after the corona-related restrictions. They therefore predicted traffic jams in front of the north portal of the Gotthard road tunnel in the run-up to the holidays.
On the return trip to the north, Viasuisse expected the busiest traffic in front of the Gotthard south portal for Easter Monday between 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. In order to avoid long waiting times, Viasuisse advised to drive through the Gotthard tunnel early in the morning or in the evening after 10 p.m.