iustria bans short-cut
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;ED with mounting road ;port problems, Austria is in lorries at night from a section of a road used as ort-cut by thousands of national drivers.
he Tyrol Parliament, ing in emergency ses; in Innsbruck, announced the ban will apply to a ch of road near Lofcr on route between the Salz; region and the Tyrol.
it the ban will not be inaced until after a meeting Ten Austria and West Germany politicians to discuss the problem of international traffic passing in transit through the country.
The Austrians claim that the volume of international traffic — especially on the north-south route over the Brenner Pass — has increased enormously as a result of the restrictions recently imposed in Switzerland.
Attempts to shift some of this traffic to rail have met with some success.
But it will he 1991 before a new north-south rail link can start operations carrying lorries 4m high, as this involves building five new tunnels with a total length of 34km.
Austria claims the authorities in Bavaria, just across the border in West Germany, are opposed to the transfer of goods from road to rail.
The EEC is concerned as it fears the latest Austrian move closing the Lofer short-cut will lead to more disruptions to the flow of international transport.