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A coordinated schedule of truck bans to make life easier for drivers

Representatives of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony have introduced this solution to avoid situations in which HGV traffic bans apply on two consecutive public holidays, i.e. on the Reformation Day (October 31) in Lower Saxony and All Saints\’ Day (1.11 ) in North Rhine-Westphalia.

As reported by the Ministry of Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the future, the traffic ban for vehicles over 7.5 tons on both holidays will apply only from 6:00 to 22:00. Moreover, on the day when there is a public holiday in a given federal state, HGV drivers will be allowed to use the main transit routes, i.e. A1, A2, A30, A31 and A33 from 6:00 to 22:00. This rule will also apply when in a given year All Saints’ Day or Reformation Day falls on a Sunday.
“This solution will facilitate cross-border transport, and many drivers will not have to spend so much time in parking lots”, said Hendrik Wüst, Minister of Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Both federal states agreed to continue to closely coordinate the organization of transport traffic. To this end, as part of the ‘Osnabrück Declaration’ of November 2019, representatives of both states have signed a transit agreement which is now being implemented, as evidenced by the joint arrangement on holiday HGV traffic bans. The agreement aims to eliminate situations where a public holiday in one federal state is followed by another holiday in a neighboring state, which results in overcrowded parking lots at the borders and long queues of trucks on the roads. Hopefully, the already very busy motorways between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia will not be additionally overloaded.
List of transit sections where HGV traffic is allowed between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on public holidays falling in a given federal state:
➡ A1 – From the Lotte / Osnabrück motorway junction to the border of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in the Osnabrück-Nord junction area and in the opposite direction.
➡ A2 – From the Bad Oeynhausen motorway junction to the Lower Saxony / Saxony-Anhalt state border and in the opposite direction.
➡ A 30 – From the Bad Bentheim border crossing to the Bad Oeynhausen junction (A2 motorway) and in the opposite direction.
➡ A31 – From the Schüttorf motorway junction to the border of Lower Saxony / North Rhine-Westphalia and in the opposite direction.
➡ A33 – From the Osnabrück-Süd junction to the Dissen-Süd junction and in the opposite direction.
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