Massive traffic jam warnings for Rostock: construction sites and road users in danger!

Massive traffic jam warnings for Rostock: construction sites and road users in danger!

There is bad news for drivers and commuters in the Rostock, Bad Doberan, Sanitz and Güstrow region. Today, July 17, 2025, the media is reporting significant traffic disruptions and construction sites that are making driving through the area more difficult. How Baltic Sea newspaper reports, the A19 and A20 motorways as well as the B103, B105 and B110 federal highways are particularly affected.

The focus is on Neubrandenburger Straße in Rostock: A renovation, which will be carried out in three sections, is scheduled to begin in February 2025. Drivers should prepare for massive restrictions for around nine months. These measures are necessary because the municipal utilities are planning an improved district heating supply for several residential areas along Neubrandenburger Strasse, which will also lead to closures lasting months.

Construction sites and traffic disruptions

The current construction sites in Rostock bring additional challenges. Another problem is the complete closure of the route between Rövershäger Chaussee and Tessiner Straße, which is expected to last until July 31, 2025. Here, drivers have to expect traffic jams, the risk of slipping and obstacles on the road verkehrslage.de reported. The Rennbahnallee at the zoo will also be a permanent construction site until autumn 2026. The Western Pomerania Bridge over the Warnow must also be demolished and replaced with a new building, which will take the next 15 years.

The construction sites repeatedly cause traffic flows to stall, and the use of services such as “TomTom” to warn traffic jams is becoming increasingly important. This service updates information every five minutes based on GPS data from millions of mobile devices, and is a trusted source of information also used by other providers such as Google Maps and Apple Maps.

The situation in the region

There are traffic problems not only in Rostock. It is also narrow in many places on German motorways. Current news from Traffic jam.info show that, for example, there is a 10-kilometer-long traffic jam on the A1 between Osnabrück and Bremen. In any case, the traffic situation throughout Germany is tense due to construction sites and accidents, so you should prepare for your trip in good time.

With the upcoming construction sites, especially in Rostock and the surrounding area, it remains to be hoped that the work will progress quickly and the disruption will soon be a thing of the past. Until then, however, it's important to be patient and take alternative routes if possible.