The Automobile Club d’Italia (ACI) and state-owned road agency Anas released joint forecasts showing that the weekend of 17–20 July will be the first ‘double-red’ traffic bollino of the season, with more than 440 million vehicle movements expected on the national network between now and early September. To ease congestion, Anas has frozen 1,175 construction sites – 83 % of all active works – and deployed 2,500 staff across control rooms and patrol units. Heavy-goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are banned from 08:00–16:00 on 18 July and 07:00–22:00 on 19 July. Viabilità Italia warns of critical choke-points on the A1, A14, A22 and Alpine border crossings, urging drivers to travel outside peak windows and to monitor Luceverde and CCISS channels. For corporate mobility programmes the message is clear: anticipate longer transfer times between Milan, Bologna, Florence and Rome; factor buffer windows into field-service schedules; and consider shifting perishable freight via rail or night-haul slots. Logistics associations welcome the temporary lifting of most roadworks but say better coordination with regional authorities is needed to avoid unexpected lane closures on secondary state roads. Digital tools are playing a bigger role: the Luceverde app has integrated live weather overlays after last year’s flash-flood chaos, while fleet managers are using ACI Radio’s DAB+ stream to keep long-haul drivers updated. With temperatures forecast above 35 °C in many inland areas, safety bodies also highlight the risk of heat-related breakdowns and advise carrying extra coolant and water.
Source: L’Automobile (ACI)
