Holidays and traffic

The summer exodus begins, three days of red dot on the weekend. Anas suspends 80% of construction sites

Viabilità Italia predicts a red dot on the afternoon of 25 July and the morning of Saturday 26 July, as well as Sunday afternoon, 27 July. For this weekend, 13.247 million vehicle movements are expected.

by Rome Editorial Staff

25 July 2025

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Key points

Over 273 million vehicles between 25 July and 31 August
Three days of red dot
Gemme (Anas): 2,500 staff working on evacuation plan

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First big weekend of departures The summer exodus plan kicks off: in view of the large increase in vehicle flows, Anas (an FS Group company) has stepped up its staff commitment throughout the country and scaled down the presence of construction sites. From today until 8 September, 1348 construction sites, around 81% of those active (1672), will be closed or suspended. In order to ease traffic flows already since 1 July, 98 immovable construction sites have been closed, covering approximately 680 km of road.

Over 273 million vehicles between 25 July and 31 August

According to estimates by the Anas Road Mobility Observatory, from today until 31 August there will be more than 273 million vehicle movements on the roads and motorways under its jurisdiction. For this weekend, 13.247 million vehicle movements are expected. Traffic is expected to increase steadily along the Anas network over the last weekend of July.

Three days of red dot

Viabilità Italia predicts red lights on the afternoon of 25 July and the morning of Saturday 26 July (for upward journeys from large urban centres for early departures and short weekends to holiday and seaside resorts), as well as Sunday afternoon 27 July (for returns to large cities).

The most critical days of the summer for traffic are the mornings of Saturday 2 and 9 August, marked by the black dot.

Gemme (Anas): 2,500 staff working on escape plan

"We are committed to ensuring smooth and flowing traffic flow for all users despite the large volume of traffic," explained Anas CEO Claudio Andrea Gemme. "As envisaged in our exodus plan, 2,500 people are operational with Anas teams on duty 24 hours a day to monitor the road network and intervene immediately in the event of an emergency. Together with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the Police Forces, we have always been in the front line to protect the road safety of citizens along the network. With our work,' emphasises Managing Director Gemme, 'we want to ensure that travellers have a peaceful holiday. With the recommendation for everyone and without exception to always behave correctly when driving, as we recall in our communication campaign with our ad: 'When you are driving everything can wait'".