The monitoring of Viability Italia continues on the evolution of weather and circulation in relation to the snowfalls occurring in Abruzzo, Molise and in the hilly areas of Marche, Northern Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria.
During the night, snow fell also in the province of Frosinone, Caserta, Avellino and Salerno, without serious repercussions on traffic along the great road network.
FOR AUTOTRANSPORTERS
Below is the updated list of traffic suspension measures for vehicles exceeding 7,5t:
- in the province of Campobasso and Isernia on the entire road network excluding the motorway, until ceased requirements;
- in the province of L'Aquila, Teramo, Pescara, Chieti up to ceased requirements, on the entire road and motorway network of competence, that is to say the Abruzzo sections of A24, A25 and A14;
- in the province of Bari, Foggia, Brindisi, Lecce, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Taranto on all roads with the exception of the A14 motorway until ceased requirements;
- in the province of Matera and Potenza on the entire road network, excluding the A2 motorway, until ceased requirements.
Commercial traffic management measures are under way, with temporary stops, redirects or storage areas in parking areas, pending the improvement of road access conditions.
FORECAST
For the day today snowfall will continue on Marche, Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia, up to sea level, with contributions to the soil from weak to moderate. Contributions are expected up to abundant between Abruzzo and Molise at hills and mountains. Snowfall at very low altitudes, locally up to sea level, also on the Tyrrhenian slopes of Sicily and southern Calabria, with altogether more abundant contributions to the hilly and mountainous parts of the aforementioned Sicilian sectors. From the early hours of today, Friday 4 January, there will also be snowfall on the eastern Campania, on the central-northern Basilicata and on the central-northern Ionian side of Calabria, at altitudes higher than 200-400 meters, with possible trespassing up to sea level , with weak contributions to the ground, moderate to hilly and mountainous levels.
The very low temperatures throughout Italy will lead to the formation of ground ice in the areas of Central-South affected by snowfall, frosts that especially at the hilly and mountainous levels will tend to persist even during the day.
On the day of 5 January are expected phenomena of a residual nature and in progressive depletion, on southern Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Campania hinterland and Tyrrhenian slopes of Sicily and southern Calabria, with temperatures still very cold in the morning low, rising slightly in the maximum diurnal, and still therefore risk of frosts spread on the areas affected by precipitation of the previous days.
INVITES TO THE PRUDENCE
Attention is drawn to those who will travel to evaluate the urgency and indifferency of planned journeys to the regions that will still be affected by widespread snowfalls, precede the beginning of the journey by a careful acquisition of information on transitability of the roads, they travel rested and maintaining prudent driving behavior, respecting the safety distance and with moderate speed. The vehicle must be efficient and equipped with non-slip means (on-board chains or mounted winter tires).
TRAFFIC INFORMATION
The rapid evolution of weather conditions require a careful assessment of the need to travel. In any case, it is necessary to inquire about the conditions of the roads and the presence of eventual measures of traffic quota or limitation to traffic.
For information updated in real time on traffic, CCISS channels are available (free 1518 number, websites www.cciss.it and mobile.cciss.it, iCCISS application for iPHONE, the Twitter channel of CCISS), Isoradio broadcasts, the news of Onda Verde on the three Radio-Rai networks and on RAI Televideo.
To find out about the state of traffic on the Anas road network, it is also possible to use the GO application (Integrated Anas Viability) which can be visited on the website www.stradeanas.it and is also available for Smartphones on both the Apple and Android platforms in the "Apple store "And in" Google play ". Users then have access to the single number 800.841.148 of the customer service for information on the entire Anas network.
Further information on the motorway network under concession with numbers and useful contacts are available on the website www.aiscat.it, on the websites of the individual motorway concession companies, or through the Myway Truck application.
RAILWAY CIRCULATION
The FS Italiane Group, with reference to the weather bulletin issued by the Civil Protection, has also prepared for the day the mild emergency phase of the snow and frost plans on some railway lines of Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania. Puglia and Basilicata.
Due to the presence of snow and frost, exacerbated by the strong wind, which could worsen the situation with particular snow accumulations, in these regions the regional commercial services will be guaranteed on average by 70 percent.
Preallerta and preventive measures also in Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily, but in these regions there are no train reductions.
LINES INTERESTED BY THE LIEVE EMERGENCY
Ancona - Port of Ascoli / Ascoli
Ancona - Pescara
Pescara - Sulmona
Pescara - Termoli
Giulianova - Teramo
Sulmona - Terni - L'Aquila
Avezzano - Sulmona
Avellino - Benevento
Battipaglia - Potenza
Foggia - Potenza
Foggia - Termoli
Foggia - Bari - Lecce
Bari - Taranto
LINES INTERESTED BY THE GRAVE EMERGENCY (trains reduced to 50%)
Venafro - Campobasso
The updated list of trains in circulation will be available on the website trenitalia.com and on
fsnews.it in the infomobility section.
The FS Italiane Group continues to monitor the railway infrastructure, to ensure its efficiency and to guarantee its full availability for the services of railway companies and, therefore, the mobility of people.
To deal with any critical issues caused in the next few hours by bad weather, the Territorial Operating Centers will be active in the affected regions, coordinated by the Central Operating Rooms of the Italian Railway Network and Trenitalia.
These are the main actions envisaged by the FS Italiane Group:
- technical offices of nerve plants, with particular attention to urban railway nodes;
- ice-scraper runs, to keep the electricity supply systems of the trains efficient;
- alerted the personnel of the contracting companies to ensure the full operation of the station spaces open to the public.
Traffic operators, RFI technicians and contractors are ready to intervene in case of need to carry out specific checks on the infrastructure and monitoring activities on railway systems.
Trenitalia has provided specific technical and organizational measures to ensure the mobility of people, with locomotives and diesel rescue trains ready to intervene in the event of worsening weather conditions. Furthermore, the provision of assistance services to passengers at the stations involved is planned to provide information on the reprogramming of transport services.
FS Italiane invites travelers to keep informed about the situation of train traffic also through the Group's information channels, visiting trenitalia.com
infomobility of the Rfi.it website, listening to FSNews Radio, or connecting to @ fsnews.it, the Twitter profile of FS.
Activated the free 800 892021 toll-free number.