diff --git a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/network/CleanNetwork.java b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/network/CleanNetwork.java
index 8b3e621ac22..64cef3959ac 100644
--- a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/network/CleanNetwork.java
+++ b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/network/CleanNetwork.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package org.matsim.application.prepare.network;
 
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.TransportMode;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Link;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Network;
 import org.matsim.application.MATSimAppCommand;
+import org.matsim.core.network.DisallowedNextLinks;
 import org.matsim.core.network.NetworkUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.network.algorithms.MultimodalNetworkCleaner;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -25,11 +27,30 @@ public class CleanNetwork implements MATSimAppCommand {
 	@CommandLine.Option(names = "--modes", description = "List of modes to clean", split = ",", defaultValue = TransportMode.car)
 	private Set<String> modes;
 
+	@CommandLine.Option(names = "--remove-turn-restrictions", description = "Remove turn restrictions for specified modes.", defaultValue = "false")
+	private boolean rmTurnRestrictions;
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		new CleanNetwork().execute(args);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Integer call() throws Exception {
 
 		Network network = NetworkUtils.readNetwork(input.toString());
 
+		if (rmTurnRestrictions) {
+			for (Link link : network.getLinks().values()) {
+				DisallowedNextLinks disallowed = NetworkUtils.getDisallowedNextLinks(link);
+				if (disallowed != null) {
+					modes.forEach(disallowed::removeDisallowedLinkSequences);
+					if (disallowed.isEmpty()) {
+						NetworkUtils.removeDisallowedNextLinks(link);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		var cleaner = new MultimodalNetworkCleaner(network);
 
 		for (String m : modes) {
diff --git a/contribs/sumo/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/sumo/SumoNetworkConverter.java b/contribs/sumo/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/sumo/SumoNetworkConverter.java
index 592243b1310..378703db1eb 100644
--- a/contribs/sumo/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/sumo/SumoNetworkConverter.java
+++ b/contribs/sumo/src/main/java/org/matsim/contrib/sumo/SumoNetworkConverter.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVPrinter;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Coord;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Id;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.TransportMode;
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.matsim.core.scenario.ProjectionUtils;
 import org.matsim.core.utils.geometry.CoordinateTransformation;
 import org.matsim.core.utils.geometry.transformations.TransformationFactory;
-import org.matsim.core.utils.gis.GeoFileReader;
 import org.matsim.core.utils.io.IOUtils;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -70,8 +68,8 @@ private SumoNetworkConverter(List<Path> input, Path output, String fromCRS, Stri
 		this.fromCRS = fromCRS;
 		this.toCRS = toCRS;
 		this.freeSpeedFactor = freeSpeedFactor;
-        this.laneRestriction = laneRestriction;
-    }
+		this.laneRestriction = laneRestriction;
+	}
 
 	private SumoNetworkConverter() {
 	}
@@ -119,14 +117,6 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 		System.exit(new CommandLine(new SumoNetworkConverter()).execute(args));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Network area based on the cut-out.
-	 */
-	private static Geometry calculateNetworkArea(Path shapeFile) {
-		// only the first feature is used
-		return ((Geometry) GeoFileReader.getAllFeatures(shapeFile.toString()).iterator().next().getDefaultGeometry());
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Determine if a mode is allowed on a link.
 	 */
@@ -342,6 +332,9 @@ public SumoNetworkHandler convert(Network network) throws ParserConfigurationExc
 
 		Set<Id<Link>> ignored = new HashSet<>();
 
+		// map of link and source link that are restricted
+		Map<Id<Link>, Set<Id<Link>>> restrictions = new HashMap<>();
+
 		for (Map.Entry<String, List<SumoNetworkHandler.Connection>> kv : sumoHandler.connections.entrySet()) {
 
 			Link link = network.getLinks().get(Id.createLinkId(kv.getKey()));
@@ -350,16 +343,30 @@ public SumoNetworkHandler convert(Network network) throws ParserConfigurationExc
 				Set<Id<Link>> outLinks = link.getToNode().getOutLinks().keySet();
 				Set<Id<Link>> allowed = kv.getValue().stream().map(c -> Id.createLinkId(c.to)).collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
-				Sets.SetView<Id<Link>> diff = Sets.difference(outLinks, allowed);
+				// Disallowed link ids
+				Sets.SetView<Id<Link>> dis = Sets.difference(outLinks, allowed);
 
-				if (outLinks.size() == diff.size()) {
+				if (outLinks.size() == dis.size()) {
 					ignored.add(link.getId());
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				if (!diff.isEmpty()) {
+				if (!dis.isEmpty()) {
 					DisallowedNextLinks disallowed = new DisallowedNextLinks();
-					for (Id<Link> id : diff) {
+					for (Id<Link> id : dis) {
+
+						Set<Id<Link>> restricted = restrictions.computeIfAbsent(id, (k) -> new HashSet<>());
+
+						Link targetLink = network.getLinks().get(id);
+						Map<Id<Link>, ? extends Link> turnLinks = targetLink.getFromNode().getOutLinks();
+
+						// Ensure that a link is always reachable from at least one other link
+						if (turnLinks.size() - 1 <= restricted.size()) {
+							ignored.add(id);
+							continue;
+						}
+
+						restricted.add(link.getId());
 						disallowed.addDisallowedLinkSequence(TransportMode.car, List.of(id));
 					}
 
@@ -368,6 +375,9 @@ public SumoNetworkHandler convert(Network network) throws ParserConfigurationExc
 			}
 		}
 
+		// clean again (possibly with turn restrictions)
+		new NetworkCleaner().run(network);
+
 		if (!ignored.isEmpty()) {
 			log.warn("Ignored turn restrictions for {} links with no connections: {}", ignored.size(), ignored);
 		}