Drivers face 11km tailback at the Gotthard tunnel

Eleven kilometres of traffic jams at the Gotthard north portal Keystone-SDA

By around 8am on Saturday, traffic heading into the Gotthard tunnel had built up to an 11-kilometre queue at the northern entrance – drivers were facing a wait of one hour and 50 minutes.

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Earlier in the morning, a four-kilometre tailback had also formed at the Chiasso-Brogeda border crossing into Italy, according to the Touring Club Suisse (TCS).

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On Friday afternoon, a ten-kilometre traffic jam had already been recorded at the northern entrance to the Gotthard.

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The A2 motorway, which runs from Basel to Chiasso, in canton Ticino, via the Gotthard tunnel, is often heavily congested at weekends, on public holidays and during peak holiday travel. Alternative routes include the San Bernardino tunnel and the Simplon Pass.

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