Traffic Traffic jams in the south on the last vacation weekend in many cantons

On the last vacation weekend before school starts in many cantons, numerous travelers are returning to Switzerland by car. Accordingly, the traffic jam in front of the Gotthard south portal reached a length of 9 kilometers on Saturday morning.

As reported by the Viasuisse traffic service, cars had to wait around one and a half hours between Faido TI and the Airolo TI rest area to enter the 16.9-kilometre tunnel.

According to Viasuisse, the tunnel was temporarily closed in both directions at 9 a.m. because a motorhome had to be towed away after an accident with a broken-down vehicle. Later, the entrance at the north portal was closed due to safety construction work. As a result, there was a 9-kilometre-long traffic jam until around midday.

On Monday, school starts in the cantons of Aarau, Appenzell-Inner- and Ausserrhoden, Basel-Stadt and -Land, the German-speaking part of Bern, Glarus, Graubünden, Obwalden, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn and Thurgau.