The climate activist group “Last Generation” started its announced second week of protests in a row on three traffic routes in Vienna on Monday morning. At around 8:00 a.m., roads were blocked at Praterstern and Döblinger Gurtel. Members also climbed onto an overhead signpost on Vienna’s south-east tangent (A23) in the Praterbrücke area and unfurled a banner. Traffic might continue to flow there, police spokeswoman Barbara Gass told APA.
The unregistered gatherings have already been broken up by the emergency services, the state police directorate tweeted. There were temporary additional traffic delays in early morning traffic on the Praterstern and on the Döblinger Belt.
The “Last Generation” criticized in a broadcast that there had been “no political reaction to the demand for a speed limit of 100 and a stop to new oil and gas drilling” for a week. The group was supported on Monday by architects who followed a call from IG Architektur and stood in solidarity behind the environmentalists.
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