Night work on the bridge over the Cassarate: possible delays (cross-border guide)

Context

In brief

• Work from 5 to 10 October
• Nighttime work from 20
• Resurfacing
• Possible delays of a few minutes

Key facts

• Where → via alla Bozzoreda, Lugano
• Work → resurfacing of the bridge over the Cassarate
• When → between Monday 5 and Saturday 10 October
• Start time → 20
• Effects → noise, disturbance to public peace and delays

The Department's notice

LUGANO – Nighttime work related to resurfacing the bridge over the Cassarate is scheduled on via alla Bozzoreda. The Department of Territory announced this, indicating that the work will take place between Monday 5 and Saturday 10 October.

The operations will begin at 20 and take place overnight. The choice of timing is linked to the need to limit traffic disruptions, but the construction site will nevertheless have temporary consequences for anyone in the area. The work will require machinery and equipment, consequently generating noise and disturbance to public peace.

The notice concerns in particular traffic on via alla Bozzoreda and the connecting roads. Motorists may experience delays of a few minutes along the thoroughfare and on connections with via Sonvico, via Ceresio, via Ciani and via Maraini.

The situation outlined by the Department of Territory is therefore that of nighttime work to resurface the road surface, accompanied by temporary disruption both in terms of noise and traffic. The notice warns of the possibility of delays of a few minutes on the roads affected by the work and on the connections listed.

Operational details

The disruption overview

The construction site on the bridge over the Cassarate presents two distinct effects, both related to the operations taking place during the night. On the one hand, there are the noises produced by the machinery and equipment necessary for rehabilitating the road surface; on the other, the possibility of delays for motorists travelling along via alla Bozzoreda or the connecting roads.

The Department of Territory reports that the works were scheduled for nighttime specifically to contain disruption to traffic. This choice does not, however, eliminate the effects on public quiet. The equipment used for the works will generate noise and may therefore cause temporary disturbances in the area concerned.

As regards traffic, the notice speaks of delays of a few minutes. The forecast concerns via alla Bozzoreda and the connections with via Sonvico, via Ceresio, via Ciani and via Maraini. These are the roads mentioned in the communication and represent the road connections within which motorists may encounter slowdowns during the operations.

The roads indicated in the notice

The main road affected is via alla Bozzoreda, in Lugano, as part of the rehabilitation of the road surface of the bridge over the Cassarate. The list of connecting roads includes via Sonvico, via Ceresio, via Ciani and via Maraini.

The general period, from lunedì 5 to sabato 10 ottobre, and the start time, set at 20, remain defined. The picture communicated is one of noise, disturbances to public quiet and possible delays limited to the roads indicated.

Key points

What happens between 5 and 10 October

Between Monday 5 and Saturday 10 October, the bridge over the Cassarate will be affected by night-time works to refurbish the road surface. The operations will begin at 20 and take place overnight, according to the schedule communicated by the Department of the Territory.

For traffic, the expected effect is the possibility of delays of a few minutes. The notice concerns via alla Bozzoreda and the connecting roads: via Sonvico, via Ceresio, via Ciani and via Maraini. Drivers may therefore experience temporary slowdowns on the roads affected by the worksite.

Public quiet will also be affected during the working hours. The refurbishment will require the use of machinery and equipment that will generate noise. This is a temporary inconvenience linked to the night-time phase of the work, while scheduling it after 20 was chosen to limit the effects on traffic.

The work schedule

The published schedule sets the work period between Monday 5 and Saturday 10 October and indicates 20 as the start time for the operations. The location affected is via alla Bozzoreda, in Lugano, as part of the refurbishment of the road surface of the bridge over the Cassarate.

During the indicated nights, the reported effects are therefore two: noise and disturbances to public quiet caused by the equipment, as well as possible delays of a few minutes along via alla Bozzoreda and on the connecting roads.

Source: tio.ch