
Temporary closure of the junction between A1 and A30 due to a protest. New garrison on the Tyrrhenian Sea of Cosenza and student solidarity. Queue also at the Potenza entrances.
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Protests by Fedralog Calabria hauliers against high fuel prices with local protests.
At approximately 3.00 am, the junction with the A30 Caserta-Salerno was temporarily closed on the A1 Milan-Naples for those coming from Naples, due to the protest of the hauliers.
There are currently 2 km of queues in the stretch between Villa Literno-Pomigliano and the Naples North barrier towards Rome and 2 km of queues in the stretch between the Naples North barrier and Caserta North towards Rome. Furthermore, on the A30 Caserta-Salerno in the stretch between Maddaloni and the crossroads with the A1 towards Caserta, there are 3 km of queues.
Traffic police patrols and staff from the 6th Cassino section of Autostrade per l'Italia are present at the site of the event. Users traveling from Naples and heading towards Salerno are advised to take the A16 Napoli-Canosa towards Bari and continue on the A30 towards Salerno. Users traveling on the A1, coming from Naples and heading towards Rome, are advised to exit at Caserta Sud, follow the signs for Maddaloni, continue on the SS700 towards Capua/Santa Maria Capua Vetere and re-enter the A1 at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere station. Those traveling on the A16, coming from Bari and heading towards Rome, are advised to exit at the Benevento station, take the SS 372 Telesina and re-enter the A1 at the station of Caianello.
A new garrison has been activated on the Cosenza Tyrrhenian Sea. Students of some schools stand in solidarity with protesters: 'Gen Z is not Gen Z'
A new garrison was activated, as part of the protest by Fedralog Calabria hauliers against high fuel prices, this morning along State Road 18 in the Tyrrhenian Sea of Cosenza, in the municipality of Fuscaldo. At dawn, dozens of trucks reached the meeting point, near a fuel station and some accommodation facilities. The trucks parked on the state road, occupying the southbound lane. As in the other territorial protests, the hauliers do not block traffic, but simply slow down traffic for a few minutes and then let the vehicles pass in both directions. Immediate passage to emergency vehicles is also guaranteed.
This morning, meanwhile, the students of the Metastasio high school in Scalea, part of the Scalea - Praia a Mare high school complex, decided to remain outside the school, demonstrating solidarity with the truck protest. The children have hung banners and placards on the fence of the institute with explicit references to the issues being contested in the demonstrations of recent days: "The tanks are empty, so is our patience", "Education is not a luxury, it is the right of all children", "You cut the funds, we are packing our bags. The South does not sell out, it defends itself", "You ask us to be the future, but you are denying us the present", "The cost of living does not wait for the next elections", "We want to graduate, not get into debt", "Gen Z is not Gen Z". Some teachers also stopped with them. Many of the students have expressed the intention of reaching, accompanied by their parents, some of the hauliers present along the Statale 18 Tirrena Inferiore.
Hauliers are also present at the entrances to Potenza
This morning, truck stops were also reported at the entrances to Potenza, in particular near the junctions of Potenza est, Potenza Ovest, and the Tito industrial area of the motorway junction between the Lucanian capital and Sicignano degli Alburni (Salerno). In Basilicata, inconveniences, but without road traffic blockages, were also recorded on the Lucanian section of the Jonica state road, in the Metaponto area, on the border with Puglia and Calabria. After a few complicated days, however, the situation at the fuel stations has returned almost to normal.
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