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Traffic jam warning as summer holidays start

Traffic experts have warned they expect massive traffic jams this weekend as almost 500,000 students finish school today (Fri).

Motorists’ associations Arbö and ÖAMTC announced jams were most likely to clog the A23 Südosttangente motorway near Vienna and the A2 southern motorway this weekend as several construction and renovation projects are currently being carried out there.

They added that – apart from 480,000 students in Burgenland, Vienna and Lower Austria – students in Belgium and some German states start their summer holidays this weekend.

The nine-week summer holidays in Austria’s other six provinces start next weekend.

Tens of thousands of motorists are expected to travel through Austria to reach southern holiday destinations like Italy and Croatia.

Arbö said around 18 per cent of Austrians planning to take the car on holiday are expected to drive to Croatia this summer season, while around the same figure would head for Italy.

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