Update: 16.05.2023
Demonstrations by truck drivers in which intermittent blockades were set up on roads across Denmark yesterday continued this morning. According to news outlets, fewer roadblocks and disruptions occurred today, with some saying more are expected later.
CPH Post reported truck gatherings outside Parliament in Christiansborg this morning as truckers attempt to appeal the plans to introduce a kilometer-based road tax on heavy goods vehicles.
In addition, heavy truck presence was seen on certain motorways this morning, where drivers formed convoys to slow down traffic deliberately. Drivers also blocked a road at Folehaven in the Valby suburb of Copenhagen, cutting off an access point into the city. Additional truck protests were reported in North Jutland near the town of Støvring south of Aalborg, but these did not block traffic, reported The Local.
Original article: 15.05.2023
Denmark witnessed today several blockades across its roads as part of demonstrations against plans to introduce a kilometer-based road tax, reported Denmark’s news agency, The Local DK.
Despite the cancellation of protest plans last week, the country witnessed pop-up blockage action by truck drivers this morning. A significant number of motorway exits, including the Aarhus-Herning road and the border with Germany, are affected by the action.
Disruptions to cargo transport are likely to occur if the demonstrations continue today or further this week. Denmark's employers' organization ATL had earlier criticised the milage tax but said it did not support illegal blockage of roads.
