The major construction project to widen the A3 motorway between Luxembourg and France begins this Saturday evening. Traffic will be heavily impacted. Border residents will have to be patient for five years.

The roads administration confirmed this Tuesday that, as part of the work to widen the A3 motorway, construction work will begin on Saturday at 8pm after having been postponed several times.

Initially, the work will focus on the section of the motorway between the Gasperich junction and the Livange interchange in the direction of Metz.

Traffic will be reduced to two lanes, and the hard shoulder will be removed to create more room.

To ensure the safety of the workers but also of motorists, the speed will be limited to 70 km/h on the section concerned.

Although the road administration wants to guarantee two lanes of traffic, it warns that occasional roadblocks will be necessary.

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From Saturday 12 March 2022 at 8pm until Monday 14 March 2022 at around 7am, as well as during the nights (from 8pm and 7am) from Monday 14 March 2022 to Friday 18 March 2022, traffic will be diverted to one lane and the speed will be limited to 70 km/h.

The end of the work on this section is scheduled for September 2024. In the other direction of traffic (towards Luxembourg), work should begin in mid-April between the Livange interchange and the Gasperich junction.