The mayors of Naples and Bari, Gaetano Manfredi and Vito Leccese, have asked the government and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini to bring forward the meeting with hauliers scheduled for 27 October, warning that southern cities risk paralysis if the freight blockade continues.
In a joint statement reported in Naples, the two mayors said the halt to goods circulation is making food supplies more difficult and leaving supermarket shelves increasingly empty. They also pointed to emerging difficulties for essential services, including waste collection and extraurban public transport.
The warning reflects the effects already reported in Campania, where the protest has affected motorway junctions and industrial areas. Local coverage describes disruption to goods distribution, fuel supplies, and transport services, including possible reductions to Eav services.
The dispute is linked to the expiry on 6 October of a 6.1 cents-per-litre diesel tax discount for hauliers. A Campania delegate, Vincenzo Parisi, has indicated that the blockades could continue at least until 27 October, the date set for the next meeting with the government.
What is described so far is pressure and emerging disruption rather than a general shutdown: the mayors speak of a risk of cities being paralysed and overwhelmed by waste, and of initial difficulties for refuse collection, not a documented city-wide suspension of collection in Naples. There is also no confirmed outcome yet on whether the 27 October meeting will be brought forward.
