Alto Adriatico highway, 190 thousand transits expected

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 03 AGO - Black mark day on the Autostrade Alto Adriatico network. Yesterday's forecast is confirmed: critical traffic on the A4 towards Trieste with queues at Lisert and on the A23 towards Tarvisio (Udine). Queues also at the Latisana exit. Queues at times near the A28 connection towards Trieste. There is a record number of transits on the motorway sections of the A4 (Venice-Trieste), A23 (Udine Sud-Palmanova), A34 (Villesse-Gorizia), A28 (Portogruaro-Pordenone-Conegliano), A57 (Mestre ring road up to Terraglio).
    Tomorrow, Sunday 4 August, it will be marked with a red sticker on the A4 motorway, towards Trieste also due to the first returns of tourists. Traffic is intense, with a strong presence of vehicles along the motorways but there are no particular critical issues.
    In the afternoon Autostrade Alto Adriatico announced that at 4pm there was already an increase in exits at the toll booths of +4% compared to the same Saturday a year ago. Overall, therefore, the forecast is to exceed 190 thousand transits.
    Autostrade AA confirmed that the day has so far continued without any particular problems along the entire network.
    Although the tendency is to also travel during the other days of the week (average of +2% with a maximum peak of +4% on Thursday), many - in particular foreign tourists - have planned Saturday as their departure day. With the particularity that - compared to 2023 - arrivals at the Lisert barrier in Trieste occurred not in the early morning, but around lunchtime with queues reaching a maximum of 4 kilometers starting from 1pm.
    Lisert which, however , has so far recorded a 2% drop in outgoing transits.
    Approximately 3000 transits were achieved between San Giorgio di Nogaro and the Palmanova hub where slowdowns occurred due to vehicles heading not only towards the Lisert, but also towards the mountains or returning from the sea, a sort of mini counter-exodus. Queues at times between San Donà and Portogruaro where the construction site for the third lane without any more restrictions and diversions has not created any particular problems.
    Finally full squares in San Donà, Cessalto, where the queue ended at 4pm, Palmanova, Villesse and Redipuglia. Tomorrow, Sunday 4 August, will be a day marked by a red dot on the A4 motorway towards Trieste. In this case the forecast is around 160 thousand transits. The ban on heavy vehicles will take effect from 7am to 10pm. (ANSA).