As of: March 28, 2024, 11:13 a.m
By: Moritz Bletzinger
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Traffic jam at the Fernpass: The metering light on Achenstrasse shifts traffic - even at Easter. (Symbol image) © Joeran Steinsiek/Imago
The metering light on the Achen Pass caused traffic chaos towards Tyrol during Carnival. At Easter, Austria switches the lights on again.
Achenkirch – bad news for German Easter trips to Tyrol. The traffic lights at the Achenpass are in operation at Easter. Traffic is slowed down on the B181 – and deliberately so. Up to 16,500 vehicles pass through Achenstrasse on good days.
Dosing ramp at Lake Achensee in operation: bad news for German Easter trips to Tyrol
Behind the traffic lights is a test project by the Tyrolean state government. The Austrians want to regulate traffic during the holiday season and relieve pressure on residents. The B181 is a popular route for toll evaders on the way to the Zillertal. They clog the streets in the border area, especially when changing beds on Saturdays. A regular test of nerves for locals.
This is now coming to German car travelers. On Holy Saturday the dosing light goes on at 9 a.m. and doesn't go off again until 7 p.m. The first tests over Carnival and on March 23rd showed what awaited drivers behind the German border. Kilometers of backlog through the Oberland, in February even as far as the junction with the B307 (almost six kilometers). “It was extreme,” said the district captain of the city of Schwaz, Michael Brandl.
Austrian traffic lights cause mega traffic jams in Bavaria: holiday traffic overruns Mittenwald
The last day of testing for the Achensee traffic light will take place on Saturday. The pilot project will then be completed and will be scientifically evaluated. Bavaria and Austria are working together because the traffic situation is stressful for all residents of the border region. Toll and traffic jam drivers also flood the Isarwinkel and the Tegernsee Valley.
From a Bavarian perspective, the dosing traffic light on the Tyrolean side cannot be a permanent solution. While everything went smoothly at the carnival test in Tyrol, Mittenwald was literally overwhelmed. Instead of the usual 6,000 cars, up to 23,000 drove past the counting point on Saturdays in February. This is no longer acceptable, Mittenwald's mayor Enrico Corongiu (SPD) complained to
BR24
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Avoid tolls and traffic jams? Tyrol can close alternative routes
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The great hope in the region: that travelers stay on the motorway for as long as possible. Dosing traffic lights can be a guiding instrument. Tyrol can also take much more drastic action and close alternative routes. Then only locals and tourists who have booked locally will be allowed to use country roads around the busy motorways. Anyone who leaves anyway risks a fine of up to 726 euros. German traffic law does not offer a similar option. Politicians from Bavaria and Tyrol want to work together on a solution to the traffic problem around the border.
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