Motorways: holiday counter-exodus continues, heavy traffic

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22 August 2021 The first weekend of the August counter-exodus continues with a volume of intense traffic on the entire motorway network.

The intense traffic recorded yesterday on some sections of the A / 1 - between Naples and Rome, near Florence and Bologna, and entering Milan - in the A / 22 and A / 14, today, characterized from the red dot, traffic is still sustained already in the morning, mainly along the south-north routes, in the direction of large urban centers.

Some slowdowns are reported at the entrance to the motorway barriers.

At the moment these are the most important reports.

A1: 1 km queue between A1 junction / Caserta Sud and Caserta Nord junction due to accident, northbound; A1: 4 km queue between Capua and Caianello to reduce the carriageway; A1: 6 km queue between Valdichiana and Arezzo due to an accident, heading north; A1: queues at times due to heavy traffic heading north between Rome North and Junction Rome North / A1, between Florence Scandicci and Barberino del Mugello; A1: junction A1 / A24 Rome-Teramo closed to traffic for vehicles coming from Florence to Teramo; A9: queues at times due to intense traffic between the Como Grandate barrier and Como Monte Olimpino; A10: queue between Genoa Airport and Junction A10 / A7 Milan-Genoa for heavy traffic, direction Genoa; A14: queues at times due to heavy traffic between Bologna and Rimini in both directions; A16: 3 km queue between Lacedonia and Grottaminarda due to roadworks, towards Naples; A22:6 km queue between Carpi and Junction A22 / A1 Milan-Naples for heavy traffic, southbound; A22: 2 km queue between Dogana del Brennero and Vipiteno due to heavy traffic, heading south; A 30: 5 km queue between Nola and Junction A30 / A1 Milan-Naples due to congested traffic. Mont Blanc Tunnel - queue at the Italian square towards Chamonix with an expected wait of one hour. On the road and motorway network managed by Anas, regular traffic even if sustained along the counter-exodus routes from the holiday resorts, in particular, along the A2 Autostrada del Mediterraneo between Lauria and Salerno, heading north.5 km queue between Nola and Junction A30 / A1 Milan-Naples due to congested traffic. Mont Blanc Tunnel - queue at the Italian square towards Chamonix with an expected wait of one hour. On the road and motorway network managed by Anas, regular traffic even if sustained along the counter-exodus routes from the holiday resorts, in particular, along the A2 Autostrada del Mediterraneo between Lauria and Salerno, heading north.5 km queue between Nola and Junction A30 / A1 Milan-Naples due to congested traffic. Mont Blanc Tunnel - queue at the Italian square towards Chamonix with an expected wait of one hour. On the road and motorway network managed by Anas, regular traffic even if sustained along the counter-exodus routes from the holiday resorts, in particular, along the A2 Autostrada del Mediterraneo between Lauria and Salerno, heading north.along the A2 Autostrada del Mediterraneo between Lauria and Salerno, heading north.along the A2 Autostrada del Mediterraneo between Lauria and Salerno, heading north.

To facilitate travel, the limitation to the circulation of commercial vehicles with a total mass at full load exceeding 7.5 t is active, for the whole day today until 10 pm.

Post-Ferragosto weekend characterized by the entry into Italy of new foreign tourists, the vast majority from Germany. There is a strong presence of Italians who have preferred the Italian mountains. Sunday with a red badge from the early hours of the morning on the southern carriageway of the A22 Brenner motorway. Thousands of holidaymakers from the German Laender, in particular from Bavaria and neighboring Baden-Wuerttemberg, are now traveling to the seaside resorts of northern and central Italy. In particular, the favorite destinations of the German tourist are the lakes of Garda and Caldaro, but also the beaches of the Adriatic Riviera, the Venetian Lagoon and with a good percentage also the cities of art. There are numerous air connections between Germany and the Italian tourist resorts.On the south lane of the Autobrennero, slowdowns and queues are reported on a stretch of over 150 kilometers between the Brenner Pass state border and the Vipiteno barrier. But above all between Chiusa / Val Gardena and Affi, the latter exit serving the towns of southern Lake Garda. Queue that oscillates between 3 and 6 kilometers between Carpi and the A1 connection. Queues and very heavy traffic also towards the north between Verona Nord and San Michele all'Adige in Trentino. In Trentino Alto Adige, a record August in various valleys and in the localities of the valley floor in the second summer characterized by the Covid-19 pandemic and anti-contagion measures. Strong influx of Italian tourists in Alta Val Pusteria. In the area of ​​San Candido and Dobbiaco, in the heart of the Sesto Dolomites, those of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo,for about three weeks there has been a full house in the hotels but also in the traditional 'Zimmer' (rooms), the bed and breakfasts in the German-speaking world. Italian vacationers have also arrived en masse in the more famous Gardena, Badia, Fassa and Fiemme valleys. For many, the summer of 2021 was their debut in a mountain environment. In fact, there have been many who, despite having the sea just a few kilometers away, have preferred to embark on trips of a few hundred kilometers and immerse themselves in nature. There are many activities, from simple strolls through the woods to excursions between refuge and refuge and with a surge of trips by electric bicycle, brought from home or rented. All in full compliance with the Green pass to enter the huts and shelters.The Green pass will be the tool that should allow winter tourism to restart after the last one characterized by the lockdown.