Both snow and rain are expected during the Easter weekend when many people go out on the road. The E4 north of Gävle is usually heavily congested during the long weekend, and in order to improve the flow of traffic, the Swedish Transport Administration has also decided this year to prohibit overtaking on the route. In order to avoid disturbances, overtaking is therefore prohibited during most of Wednesday and Thursday, in the northbound direction, as well as during Easter Sunday and Easter Monday in the southbound direction. According to the Swedish Transport Administration, the overtaking ban provides both better traffic flow, which reduces the risk of incidents in queues, and stress among road users. The roads that are otherwise expected to be busiest during the Easter weekend are E45 from Gothenburg and north towards Värmland and Jämtland, national highway 26 from Jönköping, national highway 70 from the Stockholm area up towards Dalafjällen, E22 from Östergötland down towards Kalmar and Öland and E4 along the east coast and towards the Jämtlandsfjällen . Much of the travel is expected during Maundy Thursday Most of the travel is expected during Maundy Thursday. According to Bengt Olsson, press manager at the Swedish Transport Administration, it is important to be patient when the traffic starts to thicken. – You should probably equip yourself with a little more patience, preferably three times more patience. The best thing is to follow the traffic flow because then nothing will happen. Be clear about how you drive, and above all keep an eye on what the road surface looks like, he says, referring to the changing road laws. Follow our live reporting on the Easter traffic below.
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