- A week before Easter, long columns of cars formed in front of the Gotthard north portal heading south.
- The traffic service Viasuisse reported 14 kilometers of traffic jams with a waiting time of more than two hours at noon.
The traffic jam between Erstfeld and Göschenen (UR) has been going on since eight o’clock, said Viasuisse. By 10 a.m. the column had already grown to 12 kilometers. At midday the traffic jam was 14 kilometers long and the waiting time was 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Due to the start of the holiday season in some Swiss cantons and some German federal states, a traffic jam like before the pandemic was expected. However, 12 kilometers on Saturday afternoon are a lot, it was said.
According to SRF Meteo, the weather models for the Easter days from April 15 to 18, 2022 still tend to show high-pressure weather. On the north side of the Alps in particular, however, there could be occasional weak disturbances and sometimes bring some rain.
Protected by the Alps, the south is rather spared from these disturbances, but some rain is also expected here from Saturday. Up to Good Friday, the maximum values are usually above 20 degrees, after which the probability of precipitation increases and the temperatures drop somewhat.