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Italy Issues Red Traffic Alerts for Return Weekend as 12.3 Million Trips Forecast

Heavy-vehicle bans plus suspended roadworks aim to ease flows, with 2,500 staff on duty.

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Overview

  • Viabilità Italia has set bollino rosso for Friday evening, August 22, Saturday morning, August 23, and all day Sunday, August 24.
  • Heavy vehicles over 7.5 tonnes face travel bans on Saturday, August 23 from 08:00 to 16:00 and on Sunday, August 24 from 07:00 to 22:00.
  • Anas expects about 12,255,000 vehicle movements across its network over the August 22–24 weekend.
  • Roadworks are reduced with 1,392 sites suspended—about 83% of active projects—through September 8.
  • Traffic pressure is forecast northbound from the Adriatic, Tyrrhenian and Ionian coasts and toward borders with France, Slovenia and Croatia, with 24/7 monitoring and police urging careful, distraction-free driving.