Officers aren't scanning every QR code at the sites in bid to ease congestion as Albury's top cop says removing the restrictions will make him "extremely happy".

The sites will start to be pulled down in stages from next Saturday with free travel to be in place by the morning of November 23.

Superintendent Paul Smith said in some cases, a visual check of passes and licences was being made but said those from restricted areas still couldn't enter the state until the re-opening at 12.01am, at which point no checks will be made.

"You will notice if you're in Albury-Wodonga in particular, if you're on the causeway, we have reverted to manual checking at times of permits," he said.

"There's a number of reasons around that to do with connectivity and mainly to try to avoid time delays.

"It has been working, we certainly haven't cracked off at all, but we are reverting to what we did early in the piece, early in the operation, where our officers will visually check your permit to make sure you've got a current and valid permit."

Warm weather has led to a spike in cars trying to enter the state, but there hasn't been a noticeable increase in people from Melbourne trying to enter.

There were hour-plus delays last Friday, when 17,000 vehicles travelled through the Wodonga Place checkpoint alone - averaging nearly 12 vehicles every minute over a 24 hour period.

Basq Beauty Spa Wellness owner Courtney Callesen said her business - which has the causeway checkpoint directly in front of it - had declined by 67 per cent.

"It will be a huge difference," she said.

"We've lost all of our car parking and ease of access for clients and for staff.

"There are the generators going all the time, portaloos, the noise and the chaos.

"It's made a hard year just that little bit more hard."

Ms Callesen is hopefully things will be normal by Christmas.

"Hopefully everyone in the community shops small, shops local, and gets excited for the checkpoint being gone and we can go out with a bang at the end of the year."

It's unclear when speed restrictions and traffic slowing measures leading to the sites will be lifted.

Some infrastructure may remain in place after the opening despite vehicles not being checked.

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Superintendent Smith said the operation had been put together in about 30 hours and was confident it could be dismantled quickly.

"I'll be extremely happy," he said when asked how he'll feel when the checkpoints are removed.

Wodonga Sergeant Cameron Roberts said most drivers had been obeying the 40km/h zones leading to the crossings, which he said were for safety.

He recently raised concerns about a small number of drivers speeding, and said the reduced limits would be enforced.