Taking the car to work? Then you better go home on time this afternoon. The ANWB expects a very busy evening rush hour, because the Easter weekend is starting for many people. Last year, the busiest evening rush hour of the year occurred on this day. “Traffic in the center of the country and in Brabant will experience the most delays.”
The roads are also expected to be busy for the rest of the weekend. ‘The afternoon rush hour on Thursday is very busy and on Easter Monday there are traffic jams due to returning tourists. The traffic jams are also longer than usual on the Tuesday morning after Easter,” reports the ANWB.
Extra busy roads include the A2 between Amsterdam and Maastricht and the A27 between Utrecht and Breda. The A27 from Breda to Utrecht will be closed from 9:00 PM on Friday evening to 5:00 AM on Monday morning due to work between the Hooipolder and Gorinchem junctions.
German tourists
‘There will also be a lot of traffic on the road in the border region. In addition, many German tourists are on their way to the coast and the Wadden Islands on Thursday and Friday. This will also cause congestion on the roads to Zeeland and Den Helder. Finally, a warning is issued for the roads around the designer outlet in Roermond, the circuit in Zandvoort and the Keukenhof.
Busiest evening rush hour of the year?
Last year, Maundy Thursday was the busiest rush hour of the year with more than 1,500 kilometers of traffic jams. The ANWB even called it ‘the third busiest rush hour of all time’. Whether it will be reconnected today remains to be seen. In any case, the bad weather won’t help.
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