Traffic chaos in Sillian: traffic light system ensures additional traffic jams!

Traffic chaos in Sillian: traffic light system ensures additional traffic jams!

Sillian, Österreich - Last weekend, a kilometer -long traffic jam on the B 100 Drautalstraße near Sillian caused excitement. Markus Sint, a member of the Fritz list, was stopped by the "Dosierampel" at the entrance to Sillian during his trip to Kartitsch and asked the question: "What did you think?" This traffic light is part of a pilot project that has been active since summer 2024 and is to relieve traffic. Instead, many residents and commuters report reinforced traffic jams that extend to South Tyrol, such as Dolomitenstadt

The country announced that the project will continue and to subject the data collected. It is particularly paid to traffic last weekend, where over 10,000 vehicles passed the main road. To check the effectiveness, the dosing ambulae was deactivated on Saturday, February 15, in order to have comparisons and conclusions drawn by an independent traffic planner. Johannes Nemmert, head of the Lienz construction district office, emphasized the importance of well -founded data over a longer period of time because the traffic flows are complex. The goal of the dosing stamps is to enable a safe transition to the street on busy days, as in Although the project is considered necessary to improve traffic safety, many citizens express themselves skeptically. Mayor Franz Schneider said: "The traffic lights reduce or do not increase traffic. There are traffic jams anyway." Changes could be possible if the analyzes show that adjustment of the traffic light circuits or a deactivation from a certain amount of traffic would make sense. The decision on the future handling of the dosing lights will be made by the state road administration, the municipality of Sillian and the planning office in the next week.