{"id":25555,"date":"2025-12-10T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.2538.html"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:00:17","slug":"new-restrictions-for-trucks-in-austria-b317-b320-and-b114-bans-reinstated-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/new-restrictions-for-trucks-in-austria-b317-b320-and-b114-bans-reinstated-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Restrictions for Trucks in Austria. B317, B320 and B114 Bans Reinstated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Austria has reinstated driving bans for trucks over 7.5 t on three key routes in Styria: the B317, B320 and B114. After road signage was corrected in accordance with a Constitutional Court ruling, the bans have been reintroduced and supplemented with night-time restrictions for vehicles over 3.5 t.<\/div>\n<\/h1>\n

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B317 Scheifling – D\u00fcrnstein<\/h2>\n

On the B317 (Friesacher Stra\u00dfe) between Scheifling and D\u00fcrnstein, the driving ban for trucks over 7.5 t (including both tractor units and truck\u2013trailer combinations with a total mass exceeding 7.5 t) has been reinstated. It applies in both directions on the following segments:
\n– km 19.000 + 069 m – km 19.400 (B317\u2013B96 junction)
\n– km 0.200 – km 22.800 + 062 m (southern end of D\u00fcrnstein)
\nThe ban has been in force since the installation of new signage in October 2025, from 05:00 to 22:00. Additionally, a night-time ban for vehicles over 3.5 t applies from 22:00 to 05:00. The signage has been adapted to meet the requirements of the Constitutional Court (VfGH), ensuring the full legal validity of the ban and improving road safety.<\/p>\n

Exemptions:<\/b>
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Road maintenance vehicles, military vehicles, breakdown and towing services, public safety services, and vehicles used in disaster response.
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Training vehicles used for driving courses and driving licence examinations.
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Vehicles operating in origin or destination traffic (Ziel- und Quellverkehr) in areas that cannot be accessed without travelling through the restricted section.
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Vehicles operating in origin\/destination traffic within the districts of Murau, Murtal, Leoben, Tamsweg and St. Veit an der Glan, provided that the transported cargo requires loading or unloading there, or if technical tools necessary for these operations must be transported.
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Trucks whose registered place of business is located in the above-mentioned districts, when the trip is made to or from the company\u2019s regular parking location, including empty runs. Vehicles whose drivers live in these districts, if the loading\/unloading location is closer to their residence than to the company headquarters.<\/p>\n

B320 Ennstalstra\u00dfe<\/h2>\n

Restrictions for heavy goods vehicles have also been reinstated on the Austrian B320 Ennstal Stra\u00dfe. On 27 October 2025, the district authority of Liezen announced the reintroduction of a driving ban for trucks with a GVW above 7.5 t from 05:00 to 22:00, except for origin and destination traffic and journeys undertaken by drivers living in the areas covered by the regulation. In addition, the night-time ban for trucks over 3.5 t (22:00-05:00) remains in force.<\/p>\n

Austria reinstates a truck ban for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on the B320 Ennstal Stra\u00dfe <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Exemptions from the ban<\/b>
\n1. Traffic within specific municipalities (origin or destination traffic, including empty runs):
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of Liezen: Admont, Aich, Aigen im Ennstal, Altaussee, Altenmarkt bei St. Gallen, Ardning, Bad Aussee, Bad Mitterndorf, Gr\u00f6bming, Grundlsee, Haus, Irdning-Donnersbachtal, Landl, Lassing, Liezen, Michaelerberg-Pruggern, Mitterberg-St. Martin, \u00d6blarn, Ramsau am Dachstein, Rottenmann, Schladming, Selzthal, S\u00f6lk, Stainach-P\u00fcrgg, St. Gallen, Trieben, W\u00f6rschach
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of Gmunden: Bad Goisern am Hallst\u00e4ttersee, Bad Ischl, Ebensee am Traunsee, Gosau, Hallstatt, Obertraun, Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Traunkirchen
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of St. Johann im Pongau: Altenmarkt im Pongau, Filzmoos, Forstau, Radstadt, Untertauern, Tweng – Obertauern section<\/p>\n

2. Traffic within specific areas (origin and destination traffic, including empty runs):
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of Liezen: Gaishorn am See, Wildalpen
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Districts: Bruck-M\u00fcrzzuschlag, Graz-Umgebung, Hartberg-F\u00fcrstenfeld, Leibnitz, Leoben, S\u00fcdoststeiermark, Weiz, Hallein, Zell am See, Tamsweg, Spittal an der Drau, Kitzb\u00fchel, Lienz
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of St. Johann im Pongau: Bad Gastein, Bad Hofgastein, Bischofshofen, Dorfgastein, Eben im Pongau, Flachau, Goldegg, Gro\u00dfarl, H\u00fcttau, H\u00fcttschlag, Kleinarl, M\u00fchlbach am Hochk\u00f6nig, Pfarrwerfen, St. Johann im Pongau, St. Martin am Tennengebirge, Sankt Veit im Pongau, Schwarzach im Pongau, Wagrain, Werfen, Werfenweng
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of Kirchdorf an der Krems: Edlbach, Hinterstoder, Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn, Molln, Rosenau am Hengstpa\u00df, Ro\u00dfleithen, Sankt Pankraz, Spital am Pyhrn, Vorderstoder, Windischgarsten
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of Salzburg Umgebung: Ebenau, Faistenau, Fuschl, Hintersee, Hof bei Salzburg, Sankt Gilgen, Strobl
\n\u25ab\ufe0f District of V\u00f6cklabruck: Steinbach am Attersee, Unterach am Attersee<\/p>\n

3. Exemption related to the driver\u2019s place of residence:
\n\u25ab\ufe0f Applies to trucks whose driver lives in one of the municipalities listed under points 1 or 2, and the planned loading or unloading point is closer to the driver\u2019s residence than to the company\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n

B114 Triebener Stra\u00dfe<\/h2>\n

The driving ban for trucks over 7.5 t on the B114 has been in force since 16 June 2025 (updated version of 29 October 2025).<\/p>\n

Exemptions:<\/b>
\n– Vehicles operating in origin or destination traffic in the municipalities of Hohentauern, P\u00f6lstal, Pusterwald, Trieben and in the cadastral community of P\u00f6ls.
\n– Vehicles belonging to companies based in this area \u2013 permitted to travel to and from their regular parking location.
\n– Emergency services vehicles: rescue services, police, military (Bundesheer), roadside assistance, fire brigade.
\n– Training vehicles used for driving lessons and examinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Austria has reinstated driving bans for trucks over 7.5 t on three key routes in Styria: the B317, B320 and B114. After road signage was corrected in accordance with a Constitutional Court ruling, the bans have been reintroduced and supplemented with night-time restrictions for vehicles over 3.5 t. B317 Scheifling – D\u00fcrnstein On the B317 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25555"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/avicegroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}