CALABRIA
The truck protest against high fuel prices proclaimed by Fedralog, the regional logistics federation, has started in Calabria and will continue until the 20th. The trucks position themselves on the sides of the roads without implementing actual blockades, under the control of the police. However, there is no shortage of traffic disruptions due to the narrowing of the road. There are about fifteen facilities identified in the Region including the area of the Lamezia Terme airport, the port of Gioia Tauro, in the Cosenza area near the A2 junctions. The protest adds to the farmers' demonstrations that have been ongoing for days. The students of the secondary schools of Corigliano Rossano (Cosenza) are also participating in the sit-in of the farmers, against the high cost of fuel, who for three days have been presiding over the roundabout in the Santa Lucia district on the state road 106 Jonica in the urban area of Corigliano. The students were joined by the farmers' representative Mario Oliveto, promoter of the protest, near the municipal park of Corigliano and then reached the garrison on state road 106 in a procession. Oliveto is accompanying the students on board his tractor. The mayor of the city, Flavio Stasi, was also present at the municipal park. The procession towards the roundabout on state road 106 is underway.
BASILICATA
Due to some measures and blockades decided by spontaneous committees of road hauliers, the road traffic situation has also become complicated this morning in Basilicata, where there is also a fuel emergency due to the strike at Eni's Taranto refinery. In particular, since last night, the greatest inconveniences have been reported along the Jonica state road, on the border with Calabria and Puglia, and in the Vulture-Melfese area, on the 'Bradanica'. In Potenza and other Lucanian municipalities, most fuel distributors have posted signs with the words 'sold out'. This morning, from 9 am, in the Lucanian capital, in front of the headquarters of the Basilicata Region, a mobilization of farmers is planned, promoted by Coldiretti and in which several administrators have also joined.
CAMPANIA
The truckers' protest against high fuel prices on the motorway arteries in the provinces of Caserta and Naples began at midnight and is still ongoing. In particular, heavy vehicles are under surveillance near the Nola toll booth on the A30 Caserta-Salerno motorway, and the Caianello toll booth on the A1 Milan-Naples motorway; garrisons that leave a gap to allow other vehicles to pass, but which are still creating traffic inconveniences. Other vehicles are present in Caserta Sud. The Traffic Police is monitoring the situation.
At approximately 9.15am, according to Autostrade reports, on the A30 Caserta-Salerno, the Nola exit was temporarily closed from both directions, due to the demonstration organized at the station. For the same reason, there is a kilometer of traffic jams in the stretch between the junction with the A16 Napoli-Canosa and Nola in the direction of Caserta. Traffic Police patrols and staff from the 6th Cassino section of Autostrade per l'Italia are present on site. Alternatively, we recommend using the Tufino exit.
SICILY
Trucks and trucks belonging to the Sicilian transport committee are stopped in the ports and are not unloading the ships or in the company yards. Thus began the strike of Sicilian hauliers announced in recent days over high fuel costs. The companies of Confindustria Catania are not taking part in the protest, having initially announced a truck strike from 16 to 22 October. "The membership is total - says Salvatore Bella, coordinator of the committee who will hold a press conference this morning - There are no heavy vehicles circulating in Sicily. We don't understand why Minister Salvini has called the groups that are not on strike, leaving those who are out of the discussion. It is unheard of to leave out the Sicilian hauliers". Meanwhile, since last night, in Gela (Caltanissetta), dozens of trucks and trucks have also been stopped at the demonstration set up by farmers to protest over fuel prices. The hauliers who have stopped their vehicles along the roundabout at the entrance to Gela say they can no longer bear the price increases, "Eight thousand euros more per year for each vehicle that travels 100 thousand kilometers and the price of diesel fuel has risen to over 2.16 euros per litre, with an increase of 0.35 euros compared to February", they say. This morning, a new procession of agricultural vehicles and tractors traveled along a stretch of the Gela-Catania state road.
Since this morning, at the entrance to Gela (Caltanissetta), on the stretch of state road 117 bis that connects to Catania, there have been slowdowns, queues and motorists who have had to divert onto other roads, due to the presence of stopped trucks and lorries. The hauliers, protesting against the high cost of fuel, organized a short road block near Castelluccio in Gela, which was later removed due to the arrival of the police. Dozens of heavy vehicles are also stopped at the farmers' garrison, also in Gela. The authorities and law enforcement are monitoring the situation.
