Kiefersfelden/Munich (dpa/lby) – For days with block handling in Tyrol, Bavaria will continue to block truck roadblocks in 2023. “The blocks on the roads beyond the motorway for transit heavy goods traffic and the controls by the police have proven their worth,” said Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU) of the German Press Agency. “We are therefore sticking to the days with block processing in order to relieve the people in the Inn Valley from the truck traffic.”
On Monday, for the first time this year, Tyrol will restrict the entry of trucks from Germany on the Inntalautobahn. A maximum of 300 trucks are then allowed to pass through the checkpoint on the German-Austrian border – which regularly leads to kilometer-long traffic jams on the German side. The Bavarian locks away from the autobahn are intended to prevent truck drivers from trying to avoid the traffic jam on country roads and in towns. For the first half of 2023, Tyrol plans 24 days with block processing.
The block handling of the neighboring state has been a thorn in the side of the Bavarian state government for a long time. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) already pushed for a decision at EU level last summer and assumed that the procedure was “actually illegal in the EU”.
The Bavarian Ministry of Transport said that there was an exchange with Tyrol. “We are in contact with Tyrol, and the first meeting with the State Council for Transport will be held shortly,” said a spokesman. “We hope for a fresh start in the talks as the block handling and other restrictions continue.” In addition, several concrete projects to shift freight traffic to rail are being worked on, which could lead to an improvement in the situation.
