Italy: the diesel-price protest reaches Campania, with pickets on the A1 and A30

The hauliers’ stoppage in Sicily and Calabria from 16 to 20 October, described until yesterday as having no confirmed road blockage, gained a new front this morning: physical pickets on a main-network motorway, officially logged by the operator itself.

What’s new

• Autostrade per l’Italia confirms, on its live traffic panel, ongoing demonstrations since the early hours of 16 October at the Caianello junction, on the A1 Milano-Napoli, and at the Nola toll plaza, on the A30 Caserta-Salerno — both in Caserta province, Campania.
• Local press (Il Mattino, Edizione Caserta, Open) confirms the Caianello picket started around midnight, organised by hauliers from the Alto Casertano area, with queues stretching back to the Casilina road and the Venafro-Caianello stretch. The trucks leave one lane open for those not taking part.
• In Calabria, Fedralog (the regional logistics federation) is keeping around fifteen pickets going, including access points on the A2 near Cosenza, the area around Lamezia Terme airport and the port of Gioia Tauro — no full closure, but lanes are restricted.
• This comes on top of, without being confused with, the blockade by ex-Ilva workers in Taranto since 12 October, which Eni says is already hitting fuel supply at Puglia’s airports and filling stations.

What hasn’t changed

The Sicily stoppage (Comitato Trasporto Siciliano, 16-20 Oct) and Confindustria Catania’s own extension (to 22 Oct), already reported, still have no confirmed road blockage — they are stoppages confined to company yards, not roadside pickets.

What to do

• Anyone crossing Campania via the A1 or A30, or Calabria via the A2, should expect queues and lane restrictions, not a full closure — and should check for an alternative route if one exists.
• The protest is over diesel prices above €2.40/litre and delayed payment of the Sea Modal Shift incentive. The Italian government has two meetings scheduled for 27 October, one of them at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with industry representatives.
• The situation is changing hour by hour: see the matching alert on /en/traffic, which we update if the authorities confirm an extension, a wider scope or an earlier lifting. See also the Italy restrictions page for the Sunday driving-ban calendar, which continues in parallel and unchanged.