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There is no Easter jam in the Gotthard during the Crown era. See the difference from Good Friday 2019 in the photo slider.
Easter traffic to the south is limited. According to Viasuisse, there is no traffic jam in front of the north portal of Saint Gotthard.
“People obviously respect the authorities’ call not to go to Ticino, which is particularly affected by the crown pandemic,” said a Viasuisse spokeswoman. On Thursday there were no traffic jams at Gotardo.
Raise travelers’ awareness.
According to Viasuisse, there are no closed roads. The winter block still applies to passports. Cantonal police in Uri have established a checkpoint near Wassen (UR), where they use Easter to educate travelers about the crown situation in the southern canton and to discourage them from continuing their journey.
According to the Uri cantonal police, the volume of traffic on Good Friday was less than 10 percent compared to other years. Around 1,800 vehicles were still heading south. At peak times, around 17,000 were around Easter in other years.
Easter traffic in Ticino has so far been significantly less than last year, deputy chief of cantonal police Lorenzo Hutter told the media. There is 90 percent less traffic on A2. In border regions, traffic is 80 percent less than last year.
In the canton of Graubünden, the police control traffic on the A13 through San Bernardino. It also sensitizes travelers. According to Roger Padrun, deputy director of the Graubünden traffic police, so far about 10 percent have agreed to start again on the way home. “We have warned others not to travel south, to follow the Federal Council’s call to stay home to protect the population.”
300 vehicles stopped per day
Uri cantonal police have detained around 300 vehicles a day since Wednesday. Most of the drivers would have shown understanding for the call not to travel to Ticino and, at the same time, they would have presented important reasons to do so.
On Wednesday and Thursday, they were mainly people traveling for work, living in Ticino and working north of Gotthard, police said.
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