Anas estimates an intensification of departures in this first weekend of summer: the most important indications for motorists

Luca Palladino

June 20 – 11:41 – MILAN

The First summer weekend of the year And with the increase in temperatures, travel on Italian roads and motorways will also be more numerous. In this weekend of 20-21-22 June In fact, increasing traffic on the network is expected Anas. Most movement to large urban centers to the holiday resorts from all over Italy, from the sea to the mountains, from north to south and towards the state borders are planned. Anas is committed to simplifying the traffic management Through the optimization of construction sites and where possible to complete them before the summer exodus, which will become even more intense from the last week of July. The goal remains to give citizens even safer roads and better travel times. For this there will be staff of staff on theentire network of roads and highwaysespecially in correspondence with the construction sites that cannot be removed at the moment. During this weekend, traffic will be partially lightened by ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on the highway, those with overall mass of more than 7.5 tons, Sunday 22 June from 7 to 22.

the roads towards the holiday resorts

Particular attention is paid to Sicily along theA19 motorway between Palermo and Catania, the subject of important infrastructure works. In fact, there are triple work shifts on the Bagheria construction site to anticipate the end of the interventions with additional staff made available by Anas to fluidify the traffic and assist users. The same construction site will in fact be removed from 11 July, instead of July 28 as it had been previously expected. Among other itineraries involved in this weekend there will be increasing traffic Already from the evening of Friday 20 June to the south, on the main guidelines for the holiday resorts, especially along the Adriatic, Tyrrhenian and Ionian dorsals. But also to the north, along the border crossings in the direction of France, Slovenia And Croatianear the Alpine arch and out of urban centers. In addition, there is a substantial flow of traffic near the urban centers, for the weekend returns starting above all from the late afternoon of Sunday 22 June.

The main sections to keep an eye on

Entering in detail, the intensification of circulation on Italian roads and highways will concern different routes such as theA2theMediterranean motorwaywhich crosses Campania, Basilicata and Calabria. In Calabria, very attention also on the state roads 106 Jonica and 18 lower Tirrena. Intense traffic expected in Sardinia on the SS131 Carlo Felice, while in Lazio it will be necessary to keep an eye on the SS148 Pontinavery busy artery that ensures the connections between Rome and the tourist resorts of the South of the Region together with the SS7 Appia. Circulation slowed down on the weekend also on state roads 675 and 3bis that cross Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and connect the North-East with Central Italy. Therefore, intense traffic on two other very important guidelines towards maritime locations such as the SS1 Aurelia between Lazio, Tuscany and Liguria and like the SS16 Adriatica which crosses Puglia, Molise, Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto. Still in the north it will be necessary to pay attention to the RA13 and R14 motorway fittings in Friuli-Venezia Giulia towards the border passes, the SS36 of Lake Como and Spluga In Lombardy, the SS45 of Val Trebbia in Liguria, the SS26 in the Aosta Valley, the SS309 Romea Between Emilia-Romagna and Veneto and the SS51 of Alemagna, always in Veneto.

Tips to motorists

Anas ensures their presence on the road with about 2,500 employees in shift between technical and operating personnel, in addition to those of the territorial operating rooms and the national situations room, which ensure the real -time traffic monitoring 24 hours a day. To avoid intense traffic, Anas invites motorists to evaluate alternative time slots for the come back inthus preferring in the morning or late in the evening to avoid the moments of greatest congestion. It is also recommended to avoid traveling in the hottest hours, to do it with vehicles in good condition and bring adequate water supplies with them. Anas then recalls that the Emergency lanes They are intended only for rescue vehicles and law enforcement. Therefore, even in situations of copious traffic, it is in any case forbidden and precluded to all motorists the opportunity to use them. Finally, Anas recalls the campaigns of Prevention for road safety “When you drive, you just drive” and for the fire risk “the road is not an ashtray”.



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