A video shows why nothing worked in Linz on Wednesday morning. The Mona Lisa tunnel was completely flooded again.
Already on Sunday the water in the Mona Lisa tunnel rose so much after heavy rain that nothing worked. The tunnel was closed, the fire brigade had to move. A video impressively shows the water masses in the tunnel.
On Tuesday evening it rained heavily again in the south of Linz. This time, too, the canal system could not absorb the water masses. Apparently this time the drains were so badly polluted that the water could no longer run off.
A dramatic result for early morning traffic: the tunnel had to be completely closed. Drivers in Linz know what it means when the tunnel closes in early morning traffic: traffic jams everywhere. So also on Wednesday. Soon the alternative route via Ebelsberg was hopelessly overcrowded, the backwater from Ebelsberg reached to Pichling.
“Avoid large areas!”
The ÖAMTC reported: “Between the roundabout Mona Lisa tunnel and Mona Lisa tunnel tunnel blocked in both directions, flooding, trucks are recommended to drive around the area extensively, due to flooding the entire Mona Lisa tunnel is closed! tries to pump out the water “.
According to the city of Linz, the tunnel was closed on Tuesday evening after extreme rainfall. The work lasted until the morning. The tunnel is now open to traffic again.
Another lock
However: According to the city of Linz, he must be blocked again for work on Thursday night because further work is necessary.
