The summer exodus on Autostrade
Alto Adriatico's network is underway. According to data released
today by the concessionaire, more than two million tourists are
expected over the weekends and more than two hundred people will
be busy managing weekend traffic. There will be four black dot
days and ten red dot days.
The A4 Trieste-Venice route thus confirms its vocation as a
tourism highway, which is also underlined by the number of
vehicles passing through the entire network under the
concessionaire's jurisdiction, which is up 5.54% in this first
part of the season (June 10-July 23), compared to the same
period last year:
According to Autostrade Alto Adriatico engineers, the four
black dot days, with critical traffic, will be Saturday, July
29, and Saturday, August 5, 19, and 26. Red dot days will be
July 30; Aug. 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 18, 20, 27; and Sept. 1. A single
black dot day is equivalent for Autostrade Alto Adriatico to
employing about 200 people.
A series of protocols are in place on the network to deal
with any problems in case of traffic jams or accidents,
especially in sections affected by the construction of the third
lane and those near construction sites. In particular, one of
the protocols provides for bypassing the A27 (Venice-Belluno)
and the A28 (Conegliano-Portogruaro) with a return to the A4 at
Portogruaro. Another involves using the A34 Villesse-Gorizia in
case of traffic jams at the Trieste-Lisert barrier to reach
Slovenia and Croatian seaside resorts.
Any criticality - the concessionaire informs - is managed by
the Radio Information Center.
As for traffic, the overall number has been growing since the
beginning of the year: up 6.31% compared to the same period in
2022.
Significantly light vehicles are increasing (up 8.60%), whereas
heavy vehicle flow is up 1.01%. With more than 27 million
vehicles passing through the entire dealership network, there
were 73 accidents with injuries (17 accidents less than last
year) and three fatalities (6 less than the same period in
2022). The accident rate also declined from 22.3 accidents per
100 million vehicle-km recorded in 2022 to 22 recorded in the
current year.
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