A7 is the top traffic congestion spot - Summer holidays: 11,650 kilometres of congestion on motorways in the country
The Autobahn 7 from Hannover to Hamburg was the traffic jam** champion in Lower Saxony during this summer vacation. According to the traffic jam statistics of the ADAC, cars, campers, and trucks were stuck for 629 hours on this section alone. Especially the construction site near Soltau became a bottleneck, it was reported. The summer vacation ended a week ago.
The longest traffic jams in Lower Saxony were also measured on the A7 during the vacation. On the last vacation day, Sunday, travelers were stuck for 29 kilometers between Allertal and Schneverdingen. According to ADAC, there was the same traffic jam on July 14th between Mellendorf and Soltau-Ost - that was also a Sunday.
Sunday is an important travel day
The autobahn 1, which brings traffic in Lower Saxony from Osnabrück in the direction of Bremen and Hamburg, ranks fifth in the list of the longest traffic jams according to the ADAC count. On Sunday, July 21st, vehicles were stuck for 25 kilometers before the construction area between Vechta and Bramsche. The fact that so many of the longest traffic jams fell on a Sunday shows how frequently it is now used as a travel day, it was reported.
In total, the automobile club counted 4,827 traffic jams with a total length of 11,653 kilometers during the summer vacation. That's a bit less than last year, when 5,011 traffic jams with a total length of almost 14,000 kilometers were counted. According to ADAC, the most traffic-jam-rich day this year was a Friday: On June 21st, at the beginning of the school-free time, travelers spent 190 traffic jams on a total length of 434 kilometers.
Despite the construction site near Soltau causing significant delays, the A7 highway from Hannover to Hamburg remained the most congested stretch during the summer vacation in both length and duration. On numerous Sundays, this highway saw some of the longest traffic jams in Lower Saxony, highlighting the increasing popularity of Sundays as travel days.
