The city of Freiburg has to avoid traffic jams in tunnels on the B31, which is why the Dreisamtal fears increasing alternative traffic.
. Currently, traffic on the B 31 in front of the Kapplertunnel and the Schützenalleetunnel in Freiburg is temporarily regulated with a traffic light. Since the tunnels no longer meet fire protection requirements, traffic jams in them must be prevented. That is why the sheet metal avalanche in front of the tunnel entrance should be stopped at peak times and passed through in blocks. This approach is now causing displeasure in the Dreisamtal. There are fears of traffic shifts that already exist in Freiburg.
“We think that the city of Freiburg is implementing this approach in a very one-sided way and at the expense of the surrounding area,” says Kirchzarten’s mayor, Andreas Hall. The Dreisamtalgemeinden feel insufficiently involved in the whole process. In Zarten in particular, you can already notice a significant increase in traffic as drivers tried to bypass the tunnel traffic lights. He could not prove this with figures, but he spoke of “significant effects”. The city’s public announcement that it intends to relocate the gate traffic light to the east in front of the Kappler junction is …
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