Klagenfurt expressway
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The Klagenfurt expressway S 37 is an expressway between Klagenfurt and St. Veit an der Glan in Carinthia . In the final stage, it is to be extended to Scheifling in Styria and, in conjunction with the Semmering expressway S 6 and the Murtal expressway S 36, represent an alternative connection to the south A 2 motorway from Vienna to Klagenfurt. Until completion, traffic between St. Veit and Scheifling will be taken from Friesacher Straße B 317.
In terms of road traffic law, the S 37 has the status of a motor road and requires a vignette or toll . The state-owned motorway operator ASFINAG is responsible for operation and maintenance .
Standard cross-section
- Klagenfurt-Nord - Karnburg: 1 + 1
- Karnburg - Maria Saal: 2 + 1
- Maria Saal - St. Veit-Nord: 2 + 2
Planned course
The S 37 is to begin at Scheifling as a direct extension of the Murtal expressway S 36 and, in Styria in the form of a new route, in Carinthia largely following the course of the Friesacher Straße B 317, via Friesach , Althofen and Sankt Veit an der Glan to Klagenfurt to lead. There it is to flow into the south A 2 motorway at the Klagenfurt-Nord junction , which is currently designed as a junction with traffic lights .
motivation
The inclusion of the former state highway 317 as a freeway in the federal highway law was among other things due to the high truck - toll flight traffic necessary. Since the introduction of the truck toll , more and more trucks have been traveling on the S 6 – S 36 – B 317 route from Vienna to Klagenfurt, as there is no toll to be paid on the B 317, unlike the alternative route via the A 2. To curb truck traffic, a general truck driving ban between Dürnstein (state border Carinthia-Styria) and Scheifling was imposed from July 17, 2006. This does not apply to the destination and source traffic of the districts along the B 317 and some neighboring districts.
Conversion to the expressway
The 17.7 km long route between Klagenfurt and Sankt Veit was run as the S 37 Klagenfurt expressway from January 1, 2007, and as a federal road, it is subject to vignette and truck tolls. There is a driving ban for trucks on possible alternative routes in order to prevent alternative traffic.
The S 37 has already been referred to in the media as the deadline in connection with serious accidents. In fact, serious accidents have already occurred on the Klagenfurt expressway. That is why some Carinthian politicians are urging the rapid expansion of the expressway.
resistance
With the construction of the S 37, an additional continuous road connection from northern and eastern Austria via the Semmering, the Murtal and Friesach to Carinthia and on to Italy and Slovenia would be created. Since the connection from Vienna to Klagenfurt via the S 37 would be approx. 30 km shorter than the current connection via the Pack , Graz and Wechsel, and would also have fewer inclines, there is a shift in truck traffic from the Süd Autobahn to be expected on the S 37.
For these reasons there is also resistance to the expansion plans, as this could create a new transit route. Citizens' initiatives such as S37 No, Thanks, are resisting the construction of the road. There could be additional problems for road construction due to the sighting of the rare corncrake , which is already delaying the construction of the Bodensee expressway and the expansion of the Ennstal road .
expansion
In March 2012, ASFINAG announced that the expansion of the S 37 had been put on hold for economic reasons, but in October 2012 ASFINAG and the State of Carinthia presented plans for expanding the expressway over a length of 4.5 km. In the area of intermediate waterways, the S 37 is to be expanded to four lanes (22.5 m wide) and with a central partition. After several years of planning, the decision was made to run parallel to the railway; not least for cost reasons, a tunnel variant was discarded. This section should be completed in 2017 [obsolete] .
In November 2013 it was reported that the undeveloped existing route from Maria Saal to Sankt Veit Nord from currently 12.5 m wide to 17-17.5 m wide with structural separation of the directional lanes by concrete guide walls v. a. to be adapted to increase traffic safety. The construction work for this is to begin in 2015 and cost around 50 million euros. The upgraded line is approx. 18 km long and should be completed by 2020. According to the current status (beginning of July 2018), it is not foreseeable when the security expansion of the S37 can begin. Since 2016, the proceedings at the Administrative Court have been pending as to whether an environmental impact assessment is required for the security expansion, which is required according to the project opponent. In the Asfinag budget for the next six years, the costs for the expansion - in the amount of 82 million euros - are still planned
The expansion in the further course of the Friesacher Straße B 317 is no longer an issue, at least for the time being.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ktn. LGBl. No. 1/2007 (online, ris.bka).
- ↑ No, thanks ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 3, 2010.
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung : The Corn Crake conquers the next route , September 24, 2008
- ^ ORF : ORF report on Lake Constance expressway , July 3, 2006
- ↑ S37 expansion by 86 million euros. In: kaernten.orf.at. October 4, 2012, accessed November 2, 2018 .
- ↑ S 37 Klagenfurt Schnellstraße safety expansion and renovations St. Veit Nord - Klagenfurt Nord ( Memento from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Waiting for the expressway to be expanded. In: kaernten.orf.at. July 3, 2018, accessed November 2, 2018 .
- ↑ S 37: Full expansion finally a thing of the past ( Memento of January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ S37: Expansion starts in 2015, toll remains
