A7 full closure in Hamburg: traffic jam chaos despite Ed Sheeran concert!

A7 full closure in Hamburg: traffic jam chaos despite Ed Sheeran concert!

A turbulent weekend is behind the Hamburgers when the full closure of the A7 caused a lot of traffic jams on the alternative routes and in the city. The block affected the section between Hamburg-Stellingen and Hamburg-Heimfeld and lasted in both directions from Friday evening to Sunday evening. During this time, several large events took place, including concerts by Ed Sheeran in the sold -out Volksparkstadion and the popular hit move in the city center. A Sunday open to sales also fell this weekend, which also tightened the traffic situation. In addition, the summer holidays heralded the travel tower in some federal states, which made the streets fuller. NDR reports that The car roads were also overloaded on the A1 and A21.

In order to ensure flowing traffic, numerous diversions have been set up. Drivers were diverted on the A1, A21 and B205. Anyone who came from the south had the opportunity to drive onto the A1 from the Buchholzer Dreieck/Horster Dreieck and then continue via the A21 and B205 to the A7. Visitors from the north were also managed from Neumünster-Süd via the B205 and the A21 to the A1. In the city center, the traffic was severely impaired, in many places it was only possible at snail pace.

Ed Sheeran and traffic regulations

For the fans of Ed Sheeran, who visited three concerts in the Volksparkstadion, a special traffic regulation was true. As reported [T-Online] (https://hamburg.t-online.de/region/hamburg/id_10080446/ed-sheeran-in-hamburg-a7-fuerfuer-fuer-Konzerte-se-se-se-se-se-se-se-se-se-se-sse-se-sese, a brief section of the A7 for concert visitors remained accessible. These were led from the Hamburg-Stellingen junction to the Hamburg-Volkspark junction. The traffic routing was displayed on dynamic directions, and the arrival from the south was advised to use the A1 and drive onto the A7 from the Elbbrücken to the Hamburg-Stellingen junction. As a warning, visitors were pointed out to plan more travel time.

The traffic management and functionality in this context, which was encountered by the Croma-Pro project, was particularly striking. This project, which has the aim of improving traffic management and visitor control at large events, has been in implementation since June 2023. It looks at the interactions between urban traffic and people from people when arriving and departure to such events. DLR reports that the project creates an integrated simulation of the transport system and visitor flows, which will be important for upcoming events such as UEFA Euro 2024 in Düsseldorf.

conclusion and outlook

The police and the organizers took a positive record of the weekend events, but the current traffic situation in Hamburg remains shaped by construction sites and traffic jams. The new motorway section in the south of Hamburg, which is now accessible to eight traces, could not significantly relieve the traffic problem. Drivers must continue to adjust to bottlenecks and focus on current traffic information in order to better get through the Hanseatic City.