Upper Adriatic highways, 'red dot' traffic on Saturday

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 20 LUG - Another 'red dot' Saturday is expected to occur on the A4 Venice-Trieste motorway on July 22.
    Traffic will be heavy in both directions in the morning and along the route leading to Trieste in the afternoon. This is the forecast of Autostrade Alto Adriatico (Upper Adriatic Highways) for the weekend.
    According to an estimate made by the concessionaire, between 177,000 and 185,000 vehicles will be passing through the network on Saturday alone. Queues and traffic jams could occur at the junctions serving the seaside resorts and in particular at the Trieste/Lisert barrier (about 25,000 vehicles expected), in Latisana (15,000-17,000), in San Donà, Cessalto, and San Stino di Livenza. Traffic will also be hefty on the A23 along the Udine Sud-Palmanova section.
    During the day, marked with a 'yellow dot,' about 164,000 vehicles are estimated to pass through the network on Sunday.
    Slowdowns could occur at the seaside toll booths and, consequently, at the entrance booth to Latisana and the exit at Lisert due to the first 'exodus' of tourists returning home and to the arrival of those who take advantage of the weekend break.
    In the meantime, the data processed by the concessionaire confirms the growth in traffic at the beginning of the summer exodus: Saturday, up 4.51% compared to the same Saturday (July 16) in 2022; Sunday, up 8.06%. The two toll booths of Udine Sud (up 10.91%) and San Donà (up 9.65%) recorded growth on Saturday, and the same thing happened at Villesse (up 5.87%), as traffic was redirected using the variable message signs carried out by the concessionaire along the A34 route (Villesse-Gorizia) due to the 3 km queues at the Trieste/Lisert exit. (ANSA).