(Telestock) – Last weekend marked by the end of the holidays and the return home to go back to work and the preparation for the reopening of schools. On the Anas network, traffic is expected to constantly increase due to the movements of travellers returning to the large cities of Central and Northern Italy. Viabilità Italia has announced a red dot starting from the afternoon of today, Friday 30 August, tomorrow, Saturday 31 August, and in particular for the entire day of Sunday 1 September: movements in clear growth towards the large urban centres throughout Italy from holiday resorts, seaside resorts in the south and mountain resorts in the north and from the state borders.
For allow traffic flow – it is recalled in a note – Anas (FS Italiane Group) has increased the commitment of its staff throughout the national territory and has limited the presence of construction sites until September 3: 906 construction sites have been suspended, 70% of the active ones (1278).
A significant flow of traffic is also expected near urban centers, in a northerly direction, especially starting from late Sunday afternoon, in conjunction with weekend returns. The ban on heavy vehicle transit is in force tomorrow, Saturday 31 August, from 8:00 to 16:00 and Sunday 1 September from 7:00 to 22:00.
The intensification of traffic could affect the main road routes: the A2 “Autostrada del Mediterraneo” which crosses Campania, Basilicata and Calabria; state roads 106 “Jonica” and 18 “Tirrena Inferiore” in Calabria; the A19 Palermo-Catania and A29 Palermo-Mazara del Vallo motorways in Sicily; state road 131 “Carlo Felice” in Sardinia; the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, the A91 “Roma Fiumicino”, state road 148 Pontina in Lazio, a busy artery which together with the SS7 “Appia” ensures connections between Rome and the tourist resorts of lower Lazio; the E45 route (SS675 and SS3 bis) which passes through Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and connects the north-east with central Italy; the SS1 Aurelia (Lazio, Tuscany and Liguria), SS16 “Adriatica” (Puglia, Molise, Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto) routes.
In the north, the RA10 “Torino Caselle” motorway junctions in Piedmont, RA13 and RA14 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the SS36 “del Lago di Como e dello Spluga” in Lombardy, the SS45 “di Val Trebbia” in Liguria, the SS26 “della Valle D’Aosta” and the SS309 “Romea” between Emilia-Romagna and Veneto and the SS 51 “di Alemagna” in Veneto.
For the situation of the immovable construction sites Anas invites travellers to consult the Summer Exodus page of the site before leaving.