Climate glue, mega traffic jam

28 kilometers of traffic jam on A10 in Whitsun traffic

In three federal states, the climate stickers blocked the roads and caused additional delays on the way to the Whitsun vacation.

(Bild: Markus Tschepp/Tschepp Markus)

Whitsun is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year - traffic jams were reported early on Whitsun Saturday in Salzburg and Tyrol. On the A10 (Tauernautobahn) in Salzburg, traffic slowed down in front of a single-lane construction site. At times, the columns were backed up 28 kilometers to the Salzburg junction. Travelers lost between three and sometimes five hours. In the middle of the traffic jam, climate activists also stuck themselves on the A10 and in Salzburg as well as on roads in Tyrol and Vorarlberg.

Thousands of holidaymakers from Austria and Germany were heading south over the long weekend - a traffic jam chaos on the Tauern highway was inevitable.

Climate stickers on the A10, on the Fernpass and in Vorarlberg
As if that wasn't enough, at around 10.30 a.m. several climate activists also stuck themselves to the A10 in Salzburg and on the Fernpass in Tyrol, causing even longer delays. The activists also caused obstructions in Hohenems in Vorarlberg. The police were quickly on the scene to disperse the disruptive action.

Water bottles handed out
Four ASFINAG employees provided the waiting drivers in the traffic jam with water bottles, which were stored in the Salzburg highway maintenance depot as a precaution. The peak was probably reached on Saturday afternoon. At 3.30 p.m., the traffic jam on the A10 was still around twelve kilometers long, and the situation on the B159 had also eased considerably, said an ÖAMTC spokeswoman.

On the Brenner highway, there were only slight delays in front of the toll booth, and there was also significantly less traffic on the Fernpass.

In three federal states, the climate stickers blocked the roads and caused additional delays on the way to the Whitsun vacation.

(Bild: Markus Tschepp/Tschepp Markus)

In the middle of the A10, the climate activists stuck themselves to the road and caused even more chaos.

(Bild: Markus Tschepp/Tschepp Markus)

On the A10 in Salburg, traffic was already slowed down on Whit Saturday in front of a roadworks site - the traffic jam stretched as far as the Salzburg junction.

(Bild: APA/BERNHARD NIEDERHAUSER)

In the middle of the traffic jam, climate activists also hijacked the highway.

(Bild: Markus Tschepp/Krone KREATIV)

There was already a traffic jam up to 20 kilometers long on Friday. The journey time was expected to be three hours longer. Traffic delays were also reported at the border crossings.

One hour lost on the Brenner highway
The mobility club also recorded heavy traffic in Tyrol. On the A13 (Brenner freeway) towards Brenner between Zenzenhof and the Schönberg toll station, the time lost was around one hour, while in the opposite direction there was stop-and-go traffic between the Schlierbach bridge and the Stubai Valley.

Gradual progress over the Fernpass
According to the ÖAMTC, holidaymakers also only made gradual progress over the Fernpass (B179) in the Imst district. In total, around an hour was lost here on the journey south, as the ARBÖ automobile club also reported.

Long traffic jams in Switzerland too
There were also long traffic jams in neighboring Switzerland. According to the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) on Platform X, there was a 16-kilometer traffic jam in front of the Gotthard Tunnel. Drivers there lost up to two hours and 40 minutes.