Second wave of travel

Semester break: Traffic jams expected at the weekend

On Friday, around 340,000 pupils in Burgenland, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg received their semester report cards. Now it's time to go on vacation for many, but travel traffic could spoil the vacation fun for some.

ASFINAG is expecting heavy traffic at the weekend and before and after the lifts close. The Salzburg Tauernautobahn between Salzburg and Flachau could be particularly busy on the roads. This route is also used by travelers to the Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. Tunnels are also being renovated near Golling and Werfen, which could also paralyze traffic.

ASFINAG estimates that the Pyhrnautobahn between the Voralpenkreuz and Liezen as well as between St. Michael and Liezen will also be very busy. The entire Inntal freeway and the Brenner freeway near the Italian border are expected to be just as busy.

While the semester break is only just beginning for children in Burgenland, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg, it is almost over again in Vienna and Lower Austria. But it's not just vacations in Austria that are putting a strain on the roads: There is also the end of the vacations in several German federal states as well as the start and end of the semester break in parts of the Czech Republic.

The third and final semester break in Austria starts on February 17 in Styria and Upper Austria.