<span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to the truck bans on alternative routes around the Inntal motorway, HGVs have caused congestion on the Bavarian end of the route, reports local media. Monday was the first time when the German state introduced restrictions to avoid truck traffic on local roads.</span>

10km-long congestion at Brenner due to ban on HGVs using alternative routes

In response to the Tyrolean truck bans, the Prime Minister of the German federal state Bavaria has made an urgent request to the federal government to prohibit HGVs from leaving the Brenner motorway.

German federal state to ban HGVs from exiting Brenner motorway

HGV traffic at the Brenner pass is at greater risk of growing this summer due to the works on the railway routes from Germany to Brenner, warns combined transport operator Mercitalia Intermodal. The Italian automobile association has thus called for the suspension of block handling as well as the Saturday ban for HGVs.

HGV traffic at Brenner pass expected to get much worse this summer

Many HGVs are still making long but money-saving detours to use the Brenner pass, the latest study made for the Austrian state government has found. Every third lorry is taking a detour of 60 km, while every fifth goes an 120 extra km to save money.

3rd of Brenner trucks make long detours to avoid expensive tolls, new study finds

Tyrol has published its calendar for HGV block checks in the first half of 2022. The Austrian region has increased the number of traffic restrictions by two days compared to 2021.

21 days of HGV block checks in Tyrol in 2022 {calendar}

2021 might see a new record in the yearly number of HGVs passing through Brenner, <a href="https://www.tt.com/artikel/30807757/dezember-entscheidend-lkw-transit-in-tirol-erreicht-altes-niveau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports Tiroler Tageszeitung</a>.

Number of HGVs at Brenner likely to break all records

Italian road haulage associations are preparing a lawsuit against the European Commission for not taking any actions against Austria's Brenner policy. The Austrian state of Tyrol has imposed various bans on HGV traffic on the Brenner pass, which Italian organisations find to be a disproportionate action that blocks the free movement of goods and breaches EU law.

Italian transport organisations sue EU Commission over Brenner

Urgent roadworks need to be carried out on the Luegbrücke, the longest bridge on the Austrian A 13 Brenner motorway. Between 20-25 September, severe congestion is expected due to single-lane traffic management, as well as additional block checks on lorries from Tuesday to Thursday, the operator of the motorway warns.