A1, Morges, at dusk Monday 18 January
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The first week of the A1 autoroute’s new six-lane stretch being open has gone smoothly, with no incidents or accidents, reports the Swiss highway department. Signals opening a third lane in each direction between Morges and Lausanne light up automatically once there are more than 36 cars per kilometre. The system became operational Monday 18 January, but only in the afternoon. It will be used around the clock starting Monday 25 January.
The system does not function in bad weather conditions, such as heavy fog or snow, because the third lanes need to remain open as emergency lanes then.
Geneva is watching the system closely, with an eye to asking the federal government to provide the same solution for the Versoix-Geneva airport part of the A1, in both directions.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 22 January 2010.
Filed under: Travel
Tags: A1, autoroute, Lausanne, Morges, open, signaling sys, signaling system, three lanes
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