The next step in the ongoing dispute between Bavaria and Tyrol over truck block handling on the Austrian side: the Free State is now reacting with countermeasures. That doesn't change the core of the problem.
Rohrdorf (dpa / lby) - Bavaria is getting serious: As announced, roads in the Free State are to be closed to national truck traffic on days with truck block processing in Tyrol. Prime Minister Markus Söder, Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter, Rosenheim District Administrator Otto Lederer (all CSU) and Police Vice President Frank Hellwig from the Oberbayern Süd Police Headquarters want to present the new signage and the details of the control concept today directly on Autobahn 8.
According to reports, the road closures could be put into effect for the first time as early as next Monday - because then the next time a truck block clearance at the border with Tyrol is announced. According to the ministry, roads in the Inn Valley after the motorway exits will be closed to truck transit traffic on such days.
The reason for the Bavarian step is the dispute between Bavaria and Tyrol about traffic management that has been smoldering for years. In order to relieve the pressure on the Inntal autobahn leading to the Brenner Pass, the Austrian federal state has restricted entry for trucks on several dozen days this year - at the Kufstein/Kiefersfelden border crossing, a maximum of around 300 trucks coming from Germany will be allowed to enter the country per hour. If necessary, heavy traffic is brought to a complete standstill. This regularly leads to traffic jams in the Munich area - and to sometimes chaotic conditions in communities along the Autobahn. The Free State now wants to counteract this with its own truck roadblocks.
