Lots of summer holiday traffic – Gotthard tunnel closed in the direction of Chiasso – News

  • The Gotthard tunnel in the direction of Chiasso is closed due to a breakdown vehicle. This is announced by the TCS traffic service on Twitter.
  • The traffic jam on the A2 in front of the Gotthard north portal had grown to 14 kilometers early on Saturday, and the traffic jam is currently around twelve kilometers long.
  • This corresponds to a waiting time of around two hours, according to the website of the Office for National Road Operations.

Between Quinto and Airolo there is a four-kilometer traffic jam in the direction of the Gotthard tunnel, and the waiting time is around an hour.

By early Friday evening, the traffic jam in front of Göschenen had reached a maximum length of 14 kilometers. Since the beginning of the summer holiday season at the beginning of July, cars have regularly been backed up for more than ten kilometers, especially on weekends.

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The current traffic situation and reports from all over Switzerland can be found here.

Even during the week, transit from the north to the south is often difficult. The Federal Roads Office (Astra) recommends the alternative route via the A13 and the San Bernardino Tunnel for such long traffic jams on the way south.

Traffic news on Radio SRF, July 23, 2022, 5:00 a.m.;

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