Waits of more than 2 hours at the Gotthard Tunnel over the weekend

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The predictions were correct - traffic through the Gotthard Tunnel was extremely heavy over the weekend.

On Friday, queues heading south reached 21 km - meaning a wait of more than 2 hours at time - the same was true in the opposite direction yesterday afternoon.

The situation worsened for a while as the tunnel had to be closed due to a broken down vehicle. 

There were significant queues heading north as late as 10pm last night - with waits of more than an hour, 

But on the whole, local police say the situation was calm and say they’re satisfied with the traffic measures they had in place. 

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