Stau-chaos in NRW: Dortmund between traffic infarction and renovation shortage!

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Dortmund is a traffic jam hotspot in NRW in 2024. Road users suffer from long traffic jams and insufficient infrastructure.
Dortmund is a traffic jam hotspot in NRW in 2024. Road users suffer from long traffic jams and insufficient infrastructure. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Dortmund is a stowage hotspot in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). In 2024 alone, traffic jams in North Rhine-Westphalia rose by 14 percent, which made road users to be stuck in a total of 271,000 kilometers. This number represents an increase of six percent compared to the previous year, which is not least due to the fact that traffic jams dissolve more slowly. The longest traffic jams in NRW performed on the A1 motorway. The section of the A42 between Dortmund and Kamp-Lintfort, which is considered the most stressed, was particularly affected.

Roman Suthold, the head of the Transport and Environment Department at ADAC North Rhine, criticized the insufficient investments in the transport infrastructure. These grievances result in a considerable need for renovation on the long -distance streets. The ADAC therefore warns of modernizing the dilapidated bridges and extensively checking the transport infrastructure to improve the situation.

Current traffic situation on the A42

At the current time, the traffic reports on the A42 are by no means soothing. According to the current data, there are slow traffic between Dortmund and Kamp-Lintfort. The sections between the Herne-Baukau and Herne Crange junction are particularly affected, as well as between Gelsenkirchenzentrum and Essen-Alteressen. There are delays of up to two minutes here.

A current construction site on the A42 is also perceived by road users as an obstacle. The work between Bottrop-Süd and Essen-Nord was started on February 6, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. and is expected to continue until March 10, 2025. The entire measure should be fully completed by October 30, 2025. Such construction sites continue to contribute to the tense traffic situation on the NRW motorways.

traffic jam analyzes and forecasts

For the year 2024, further increase in traffic is forecast. The ADAC has already shown in the past that drivers in North Rhine -Westphalia spent a total of 143,606 hours in traffic jams. This corresponds to an increase of 38 percent compared to 2022. The A42 played a central role here, with most traffic jam events - a total of 12,639 reports.

More statistics show that the three most stowed days took place in October 2023. The storage was highest between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The ADAC urgently calls for politics to prioritate the infrastructure and to accelerate the planning and approval procedures.

In summary, the traffic situation in Dortmund and the surrounding motorway sections is tense. The inadequate investments in the infrastructure and the increasing traffic ensure considerable challenges. It remains to be seen whether the political measures that the ADAC has requested will be implemented in the near future.

For further detailed information on traffic events in North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find detailed reports at Radio 912 ,

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