The Austrian state of Tyrol has announced this Tuesday that trucks from Bavaria will again be slowed down by block handling on the Inntalautobahn. In the ongoing dispute with the neighboring country, the Bavarian side is reacting for the second time with its own road closures in south-eastern Upper Bavaria. As was the case for the first time at the end of July, trucks traveling in transit traffic towards Tyrol must stay on the A 8 and A 93 motorways. Dodging on country roads and through towns, for example in the Bavarian Inn Valley along the A 93, is then not permitted.
The responsible police headquarters in Rosenheim will closely monitor the departure bans with the support of the riot police, announced Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU). According to Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter (CSU), the first such closures on July 25 have proven very effective. The conditions in the Inn Valley could no longer be tolerated.
Both governments describe the respective restrictions as self-defense measures to protect the local population from the excessive transit traffic. The signage in Bavaria expressly refers to the Tyrolean block handling, which, according to information from Innsbruck, should also be available from October 10th to 13th. Accordingly, the Bavarian road closures will also apply. The federal motorway company has rejected a direct closure of the motorway exits on the A 8 and the A 93 for transit trucks because, in their opinion, there is no legal basis for this. Bavaria, which has always criticized the unauthorized block handling of the Tyroleans and their various weekend and night driving bans as unlawful, reacted by blocking country roads, which are the responsibility of the Free State and its district offices. A joint solution to the common traffic problem on the Brenner route is still not in sight. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) recently swung to the Tyrolean line of making truck transit over the Brenner more expensive.