ADAC expects traffic jams on A1 and Kölner Ring

According to the ADAC in North Rhine-Westphalia, there is a risk of traffic jams in the upcoming autumn vacation, especially on the busy motorways to the north and south. The A1 (Cologne – Dortmund – Osnabrück), A2 (Dortmund – Hanover), A3 (Oberhausen – Cologne – Frankfurt), the Kölner Ring and the A61 between Mönchengladbach and Koblenz could be particularly affected, the ADAC Nordrhein announced on Monday. If you want to get to your destination as free from traffic jams as possible, you shouldn’t leave on Friday afternoon. “This is where vacationers and commuters meet,” said traffic expert Roman Suthold.

With NRW, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland start their autumn holidays. The official start is October 12th, but the wave of travel begins the weekend before. Most traffic is expected on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, the ADAC said.

According to the ADAC, holiday traffic is not yet at the level of the time before the corona pandemic. Otherwise, however, traffic jams in North Rhine-Westphalia have been back to the pre-Corona level since the beginning of September, measured in terms of number and length. Many employees commute to the office by car.

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