As of: February 13, 2024, 5:56 p.m
By: Veronika Ahn-Tauchnitz
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The metering light on Achenseestrasse caused a long traffic jam on Saturday that extended far beyond the Sylvenstein.
This even surprises the district administrator.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen/Achenkirch – Up to 16,500 vehicles pass through Achenseestraße every day.
The volume of traffic is particularly high on nice ski days and – like on weekends – at the start of the holidays.
Many people also use the B181 to avoid paying the motorway toll on the Austrian side.
On Saturday, traffic was backed up beyond Sylvenstein and onto the B13.
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Navi guides the drivers via Lake Sylvenstein to Tyrol
The traffic light, which stood for the first time last Saturday near the former border crossing at approximately the level of the Avanti gas station, was intended to regulate traffic towards the south through targeted red light phases (we reported).
That certainly worked, but it caused traffic on the Bavarian side to back up considerably - not in the direction of Kreuth, but in the direction of Sylvenstein.
At around 11 a.m. the backlog on the B307 almost reached the parking lot at Walchenklamm.
At 1:30 p.m. the cars were parked beyond the dam of Lake Sylvenstein on the B13 “around the Radlbrücke,” reports District Administrator Josef Niedermaier.
“It was more like stop and go.
“It’s not like it was last year.”
Actually, only a backlog up to the junction of the B307 and the B181 was considered acceptable.
Niedermaier drove to the metering light early on Saturday morning and observed the traffic there.
“The surprising finding was that 90 percent of the traffic comes via the Sylvenstein and not via Kreuth,” says Niedermaier.
This is not about drivers who are on the A95 towards Garmisch and then drive from there across the Tölzer Land towards Austria.
“There are drivers who leave the A8 in Holzkirchen and then take the loop through the district,” Niedermaier heard from interviews that BR conducted on site.
“Everyone said that the navigation system sent them via Tölz,” reports the district administrator.
There were no problems on the Tölzer bypass road
This was partly due to the fact that traffic on the A8 was backed up at Irschenberg.
“But those who stayed on the A8 were still faster than those who stood at the metering lights for an hour,” says Niedermaier.
“80 to 85 percent of the drivers did not have license plates from the Tölzer Land.
“There were a lot of Dutch and Belgians there, as well as holidaymakers from the new federal states.” There were no problems on the Tölz bypass itself.
“It might have looked different if many people had still been on their way to Brauneck,” suspects Niedermaier.
Locals should not be pushed off the route
The backlog was finally responded to with longer green phases at the metering light.
“It then dissolved quite quickly,” says Niedermaier.
In general, the goal is still for drivers to drive to Tyrol via the Inntal motorway.
This appeal is also written on a notice board at the motorway exit in Holzkirchen.
The more unpleasant the journey via the alternative routes becomes, the sooner this goal will be achieved “and we can handle inland traffic via the Sylvenstein again,” says Niedermaier.
It's not about pushing the locals away from what is, for them, the shortest route.
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Landlords should no longer advertise toll-free arrival routes
The fact that so many holidaymakers leave the motorway is partly because hotels on the Tyrolean side explicitly “point out this toll-free journey” on their homepages or in emails to holidaymakers, says Niedermaier.
This has to stop.
This, among other things, will be the focus of a meeting on Thursday to which the district captain of Schwaz has invited landlords.
Niedermaier also goes to the meeting to describe the problems on the Bavarian side.
Next Saturday the dosing light will be used for the second time.
Another test phase is planned for March 23rd and 30th.
All collected data is then evaluated.
They serve as a basis for future and long-term measures to improve the traffic situation in the region.
(va)
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