Backfill edition. This Week 34 report covers 17–23 August 2026 and was published on 29 August after the DAJC weekly publishing pipeline was repaired and expanded. It deliberately excludes unchanged year-round Sunday bans unless they materially interacted with a seasonal, holiday or exceptional-transport restriction.
Executive summary
Week 34 was still firmly inside Europe’s summer-restriction season. The most consequential operational pattern was not a single pan-European ban, but the overlap of country-specific summer windows with Alpine capacity constraints and route-specific restrictions for abnormal transport. Germany, Italy, Poland, Czechia, Austria and Hungary all had material summer or holiday restrictions during the week. Austria’s A10 returned to an additional summer Saturday restriction on 22 August, while the same day also brought exit closures intended to suppress diversion traffic. Switzerland had two separate infrastructure constraints relevant to route planning, Norway closed Brevik bridge for the weekend, and Wallonia continued to publish route notices specifically warning that ordinary diversions may not be suitable for exceptional transport.
For dispatchers, the core lesson was the same across several countries: a road being open to ordinary traffic did not mean that an abnormal-load permit remained executable. Route geometry, approved corridors, escort conditions and country-specific movement windows still had to be checked separately.
Top developments — 17–23 August 2026
1. Austria — A10 summer HGV restriction returned on 22 August
Status: Effective
Where: A10 Tauern Autobahn, Salzburg–Villach corridor, both directions
When: Saturday 22 August 2026, 07:00–15:00
Vehicles affected: HGVs, HGVs with trailers and articulated vehicles above 7.5 t, subject to the regulation and its exemptions
The second late-summer block of Austria’s A10 seasonal restriction began on 22 August. In the southbound direction the restriction applies between Salzburg and Villach; in the northbound direction between Villach and Salzburg. The regulation includes route- and destination-based exemptions that must be checked against the actual movement.
Impact: The A10 could not be treated as a normal Saturday transit corridor for affected heavy vehicles. For abnormal transport, the general ban also had to be reconciled with the individual permit and escort window.
Action: Check the A10 seasonal regulation and the actual exceptional-transport permit before dispatch; do not assume that an approved route automatically overrides the seasonal restriction.
Source: WKO — Austria truck driving bans
2. Austria — additional A10 exit closures on the same Saturday
Status: Effective
Where: A10, Pfarrwerfen-Werfen Exit 44 and Pongau Exit 46
When: Saturday 22 August 2026, 08:00–18:00
As part of Austria’s transit-management pilot, selected A10 exits were closed to prevent diversion traffic from moving onto the secondary road network. Exit 44 restricted entry to the L229, while the Pongau junction restriction affected the R5 ramp toward the L276.
Impact: A dispatcher could not rely on a secondary-road diversion around congestion or a movement restriction without checking whether the exit itself was available and whether the alternative road was authorised for the load.
Action: Treat any off-motorway diversion on the A10 as a permit-routing question, not a navigation decision.
Source: WKO — current Austrian traffic information
3. Hungary — national-holiday and summer-weekend restrictions created two separate stop windows
Status: Effective
Where: Hungary, subject to the national regulation and listed exceptions
When: 19 August 22:00–20 August 22:00; then 22 August 15:00–23 August 22:00
Vehicles affected: Heavy goods vehicles above 7.5 t within the scope of the Hungarian restriction
Hungary’s 20 August national holiday created a mid-week restriction, followed two days later by the normal summer weekend window beginning Saturday afternoon. Summer rules also contain specific treatment for vehicles arriving from abroad and a list of routes where that flexibility does not apply.
Impact: Week 34 contained two operationally separate Hungarian planning barriers rather than one weekend stop.
Action: Check whether the specific international journey qualifies for an exemption and whether the intended road is among the restricted routes before relying on cross-border flexibility.
Source: WKO — Hungary summer weekend driving ban 2026
4. Germany — Ferienreiseverordnung remained active on Saturday 22 August
Status: Effective
Where: The motorway and federal-road sections listed under the German summer-holiday regulation
When: Saturday 22 August 2026, 07:00–20:00
Vehicles affected: Goods vehicles above 7.5 t and goods vehicles with trailers within the scope of the regulation
Germany’s summer Saturday restriction remained in force on the designated holiday routes. This is distinct from the ordinary Sunday regime and applies only on the listed summer corridors.
Impact: A Saturday route that was legally possible outside the listed network could still become impossible if the approved abnormal-load route entered one of the summer-ban sections.
Action: Compare the approved route line-by-line with the current BALM Ferienreiseverordnung network instead of treating Germany as either fully open or fully closed.
Source: BALM — LKW-Fahrverbote
5. Italy — Saturday summer ban still applied after Ferragosto
Status: Effective
Where: Italian roads outside built-up areas within the national decree’s scope
When: Saturday 22 August 2026, 08:00–16:00
Vehicles affected: Vehicles above 7.5 t; the decree also addresses exceptional vehicles and transports in exceptional conditions
The extreme Ferragosto period had ended, but the summer calendar had not. Saturday 22 August still carried a daytime restriction.
Impact: Italy was more usable than the preceding Ferragosto weekend, but afternoon dispatch planning still had to be aligned with the individual exceptional-transport authorisation.
Action: Separate the national HGV calendar from the time windows and route conditions written into the exceptional-transport permit.
Source: MIT — Decreto n. 325/2025
6. Poland — summer restrictions remained active through the full weekend pattern
Status: Effective
Where: Poland, within the national holiday-season restriction framework
When: Friday 21 August 18:00–22:00; Saturday 22 August 08:00–14:00; Sunday 23 August 08:00–22:00
Vehicles affected: Vehicles and combinations above 12 t within the regulation’s scope
Poland was still inside its summer holiday-ban period. The important operational feature was the three-part Friday/Saturday/Sunday pattern rather than a single weekend window.
Impact: Cross-border timing could fail even when the preceding country had already reopened.
Action: For abnormal transport, check both the general summer rule and the time restrictions in the individual nienormatywny permit.
Source: WITD Radom — summer truck restrictions
7. Czechia — summer Friday and Saturday restrictions remained in force
Status: Effective
Where: Motorways and Class I roads in Czechia
When: Friday 21 August 17:00–21:00; Saturday 22 August 07:00–13:00; Sunday 23 August 13:00–22:00
The Czech summer extension still applied in Week 34. The Friday and Saturday windows are the seasonal part that materially changes summer planning.
Impact: A transport reaching Czechia on Friday afternoon could lose the usable window earlier than expected even if neighbouring-country timing was favourable.
Action: Check the exact permit and statutory exception before movement; do not assume that a special-transport decision by itself is a blanket exemption from the general road restriction.
Source: Czech Ministry of Transport — driving-ban exemptions
8. Switzerland — A18 Eggflue tunnel entered a three-week night-closure programme
Status: Effective / newly relevant
Where: A18 Tunnel Eggflue
When: Nights from 16/17 to 20/21 August, 20:00–05:00; additional closure blocks followed from 23/24 August
ASTRA started safety works requiring full closure of the Eggflue tunnel in both directions during the night. The programme runs in several blocks over roughly three weeks.
Impact: Night-time exceptional transport could not assume continuous A18 availability. A signed diversion for ordinary traffic may not be geometrically or legally suitable for an abnormal load.
Action: Verify the diversion against dimensions, weight and permit route before dispatching any night movement affected by the tunnel closure.
Source: ASTRA — A18 Tunnel Eggflue
9. Switzerland — Oensingen access remained constrained through 21 August
Status: Effective
Where: VEBO junction / Oensingen area
When: 16–21 August 2026 for the relevant access closure
ASTRA’s intensive construction phase included closure of the motorway feeder between the VEBO junction and Oensingen Nord in both directions from Sunday 16 August to Friday 21 August. Other phases of the project were revised or postponed.
Impact: Local access and routing around Oensingen required current project information rather than an older route plan.
Action: Recheck permits or route instructions that relied on the affected feeder and confirm that any local diversion is suitable for the actual combination.
Source: ASTRA — VEBO Oensingen intensive construction phase
10. Norway — Brevik bridge closed for the 21–24 August weekend
Status: Effective
Where: Rv. 354 Brevik bridge; diversion via E18
When: Friday 21 August 21:00 to Monday 24 August 06:00
Statens vegvesen closed Brevik bridge for reinforcement work during the third August weekend, diverting all traffic to E18. The authority explicitly warned that E18 would carry additional traffic.
Impact: The diversion increased pressure on E18, while an abnormal-load operator also needed to confirm whether the alternative route matched the approved movement corridor.
Action: Do not use the signed ordinary-traffic diversion as proof of abnormal-load suitability; recheck route approval and bridge/geometry constraints.
Source: Statens vegvesen — Brevik bridge closure
11. Belgium / Wallonia — N29 Jodoigne restriction explicitly warned exceptional transport away from the diversion
Status: Effective until 21 August
Where: N29 around Jodoigne, between the N240 junction and the direction of Tienen
When: Through 21 August 2026
Wallonia maintained one-way traffic with potentially reduced available width on part of the N29. The authority explicitly stated that the diversion put in place was not intended for exceptional transport.
Impact: This is exactly the type of restriction where following a standard diversion could invalidate an exceptional-transport route or lead a large load into unsuitable geometry.
Action: Exceptional-transport operators should obtain route-specific guidance instead of following the general diversion.
Source: Wallonia Infrastructure — N29 Jodoigne
12. Belgium / Wallonia — several long-running exceptional-transport corridors remained restricted
Status: Effective
Where: Walloon exceptional-transport network, including N7 and N50 corridors
When: Ongoing; N50 works extended through the end of 2026
Wallonia’s dedicated exceptional-transport infrastructure page continued to list several important works. The N7 near Ligne/Leuze-en-Hainaut–Ath retained one-way operation with potentially reduced width, while N50 works at Pecq were extended through the end of 2026 under constrained traffic conditions.
Impact: These are not generic roadworks notices; they sit on the authority’s exceptional-transport information surface and can directly affect authorised routes.
Action: Revalidate Walloon route sections against the current exceptional-transport works list before requesting or executing a permit.
Source: Wallonia Infrastructure — important exceptional-transport works
13. Spain — DGT restrictions explicitly include special vehicles and movements requiring complementary authorisation
Status: Effective / information refreshed 21 August
Where: DGT-controlled Spanish road network; Catalonia, Basque Country and Navarre operate their own traffic-competence regimes
When: DGT restriction files updated for August and September 2026
DGT’s restriction service identifies affected groups including goods vehicles above 7.5 t, ADR traffic, special vehicles and vehicles requiring complementary circulation authorisation. The national DGT service does not replace the separate regimes in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Navarre.
Impact: Spain cannot be treated as a single restriction jurisdiction for abnormal transport. A route may cross different competent authorities with different files and permit conditions.
Action: Match every Spanish leg to the competent traffic authority and download the current restriction file before movement.
Source: DGT — traffic restrictions
14. Latvia — P114 works created seven signal-controlled sections near the Lithuanian border
Status: Effective
Where: P114 from Priekule toward the Lithuanian border
When: Reported 21 August 2026
Latvijas Valsts ceļi reported seven temporary traffic-light sections on the P114 works corridor, with around 45 minutes required to pass the works. Latvia was simultaneously in an active national roadworks season.
Impact: For long or slow combinations, repeated single-lane signal sections can materially affect timing and manoeuvring even where no formal heavy-transport prohibition exists.
Action: Check the live LVC works map and confirm usable width and passing arrangements before routing a large combination onto the section.
Source: Latvijas Valsts ceļi — 21 August restrictions
Around Europe — Short Updates
Monaco — La Vuelta closed streets on 21–23 August
The Monaco government published a detailed traffic plan for La Vuelta, with closures beginning on 21 August and extensive measures around the 22 August time trial and the 23 August Monaco–Manosque stage. The closures were short-lived, but for a permitted oversized movement inside Monaco they were operationally decisive. Source: Gouvernement de Monaco.
Austria — A10 operational pressure was more than a driving-ban issue
The combination of the 22 August seasonal heavy-vehicle restriction and exit closures meant that ordinary-navigation detours were particularly unreliable for permitted heavy or oversized movements. Operators needed to keep motorway, permit and secondary-road restrictions in one plan rather than treating them independently.
Belgium — N27 Arquennes works were postponed
Wallonia’s exceptional-transport information service reported that planned N27 works at Arquennes had been postponed, with a later date expected. For permit planning, a postponed restriction is itself important: old planning notes should not be treated as current. Source: Wallonia exceptional transport.
Czechia — intensified HGV enforcement continued through the summer
INSID and the Czech Police were running more than twenty joint summer actions from July through September, focused on driving/rest times, vehicle condition and weight limits. For heavy and special transport, actual axle/load configuration must match both legal limits and the permit data. Source: INSID.
Netherlands — kilometre-charge tariff cut was approaching
The Dutch government had already confirmed that the new kilometre-based truck charge would be reduced by 22.3% from 1 September through 31 December 2026. The change was not yet effective during Week 34, but it was close enough to affect quotations and route-cost calculations for September jobs. Source: Rijksoverheid.
Switzerland — night closures continued beyond Week 34
The Eggflue programme did not end on 21 August. Additional 20:00–05:00 closure blocks began again on the night of 23/24 August and continued into early September. Operators using the A18 at night needed to carry the restriction into the following week’s route plan. Source: ASTRA.
Critical European corridors
Austria’s Alpine north–south routes
The A10 Tauern corridor was the clearest Week 34 example of layered restrictions: a summer HGV window, traffic-management measures and the separate requirements of exceptional-transport permits. Route planning had to be permit-led rather than navigation-led.
Belgian exceptional-transport network
Wallonia remained notable because its road authority publishes restrictions specifically for exceptional transport. N29 demonstrated the practical value of that distinction: the ordinary diversion itself was explicitly unsuitable for exceptional transport.
Swiss construction corridors
Eggflue and Oensingen showed why weekly intelligence must track individual infrastructure projects rather than only national driving bans. Short windows can be critical when they coincide with a permitted night movement or remove an approved feeder route.
What changes next — 30-day outlook
Netherlands — 1 September 2026: the truck kilometre-charge tariff falls by 22.3% through 31 December. Update cost models for September movements.
Germany / Poland / Czechia / Italy: late-August summer restriction calendars move toward their seasonal end; do not carry August Saturday windows into September without checking the new calendar.
Austria: A10 summer restrictions continue on specified Saturdays into September, and corridor-specific rules remain separate from the general weekend regime.
Switzerland: the Eggflue night-work programme continues into early September.
Dispatcher / driver checklist
- Check the individual abnormal-load permit separately from the general HGV calendar.
- Never assume that a signed diversion is suitable for an oversized combination.
- Revalidate bridges, tunnels, width and axle-load constraints immediately before movement.
- Use exact local dates and times; neighbouring countries often reopen at different hours.
- Recheck escort and police-assistance availability whenever the authorised movement window changes.
- For September quotations, update Dutch truck-toll rates and remove summer restrictions only after confirming the country’s actual end date.
DAJC monitors these developments as operational intelligence, not as a substitute for the binding permit, road-authority instruction or police order applicable to a specific transport.