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25 August 2019A return from holidays on Italian roads, in full counter-exodus from 'red stamp', on which looms the strike of the casellanti. With the return at the end of August, driven by bad weather, the summer holidays for seven out of ten Italians end, but the end of the holidays could prove problematic on the traffic front. To worry Italians traveling home - struggling with car stress and the risk of long queues - is the new motorways strike, expected in the next few hours until Monday 26 August: a 4-hour stop, which follows the one of 4 and 5 August, is proclaimed by Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Sla Cisal and Ugl Viabilità e Logistica, "following the breakdown of the negotiation for the renewal of the sector contract".
The protest affects the tollers at the toll booths and the shift workers not subject to the regulation of the strike, which will stop from 10am to 2pm and from 6pm to 10pm on Sunday and from 10pm on Sunday 25 to 2am Monday 26 . Stop the staff employed with staggered and broken shifts in the last 4 hours of the service, while the technical and administrative staff will stop the first 4 hours of their Monday shift.
The return for many will be under clouds and rain . In the whole country, in particular in the inland and mountainous areas, there are conditions of instability of a diffuse nature, in particular on inland and mountainous areas and during the central hours of the day, with the exception of Sicily.
To contain the inconveniences, Autostrade per l'Italia has implemented a series of measures to assist motorists and encourage Italians to travel on counter-Sunday: specifically, strengthening emergency response facilities and assisting travelers; management of traffic flows leaving the tollbooths affected by the strike; and information for travelers. Measures that, - explains Aspi - have already been applied during the strike of the tollbooths of 4-5 August and have ensured normal outflow conditions at the toll booths, in relation to the expected traffic levels.