Traffic slowed as vacationers return from long Ascension weekend
2 years, 6 months ago

Traffic slowed as vacationers return from long Ascension weekend

NL Times  

People leaving their holiday destinations on Sunday will likely end up in traffic jams. Around noon, there were around 125 kilometers worth of traffic jams, according to the ANWB. Vacationers are leaving Zeeland after the long Ascension weekend, causing traffic jams on the A58, N57 and N59, Rijkswaterstaat announced on Twitter. There are also closures on stretches of road along the A12 toward Utrecht, the A20 both ways and the N7 in the direction of the German border, according to the ANWB. The ANWB also credited this to the beginning of the long Ascension weekend for many people.

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