Vacation start: delays on the roads and at the airport

The autumn holidays begin in Lower Saxony and Bremen.

Regardless of whether holidaymakers are flying south or traveling north by car: the journey can take a long time.

Especially at Hanover Airport, passengers should bring time with them after the problems of the previous weeks.

Hanover - At the start of the autumn vacation in Lower Saxony, vacationers have to be patient this weekend - both on the streets and at the airport.

The ADAC expects traffic jams and obstructions on many motorways.

A first wave of travel is expected from Friday afternoon, and there should also be a lot of traffic on Saturday and Sunday.

And after the long waiting times at Hanover Airport, the Federal Police advises travelers there to be there at least three hours before departure.

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While the school holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen begin this weekend, they end in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

The ADAC said the rush on the highways would be correspondingly large.

Disabilities are to be expected especially on the important north-south route A7 - between Hanover and southern Lower Saxony, where there are many construction sites.

It is also full around the metropolitan areas of Hanover, Hamburg and Bremen as well as at the construction sites on the A1 near Osnabrück, Bramsche and Stuhr.

Things could also get tight on the A28 near Leer and the A 29 between Sande and Rastede.

Hanover Airport is hoping for the start of the autumn vacation to run as smoothly as possible at the security controls.

Recently, as at other airports, there were often long queues at a private security company due to a lack of staff.

Some passengers even missed their plane because of this.

A task force was then set up by the federal police and the airport to improve the situation.

The federal police are preparing for a “really big wave of travelers” at the weekend.

Both the airport and the federal police pointed out that travelers could do their part to speed up the security check.

"Some people have things in their luggage that don't belong there," said a federal police officer.

“That then delays the controls additionally.” Dpa