Following a landslide that opened a sinkhole on Highway 7 at the height of Matera Sud near a roadside gas station at a bridge, transit has been established by means of a traffic light system present on the highway with alternating transits.
This decision also causes 2-hour delays in the early hours of the morning for buses to enter Matera, so Cotrab will be attentive to the work to allow users to arrive more or less on time in the city of the Sassi.
The emergency situation forces Cotrab to activate the following route deviations:
In particular, buses arriving from Rotondella, Nova Siri, Policoro, Scanzano, Metaponto and Bernalda, then all those coming from the state road 106 Jonica and the provincial road 3 former state road 175 will have to exit at Montescaglioso and/or Ginosa and arrive in Matera Sud from via Montescaglioso, then completing the usual route. Otherwise, those coming from the Basentana, Ferrandina Scalo state road 7 and Tricarico, Grassano, Grottole and Miglionico will have to exit the state road 7 at Miglionico and pass through the Miglionico-Grottole road with arrival on the Bayles bridge and divert to the Bradanica.
In order to allow the completion of the rehabilitation work on the “Domenico Viaduct,” vehicular traffic restrictions are necessary along State Road 7 Via Appia in the province of Matera.
In detail, until June 22, 2025, an alternating one-way, regulated by a traffic light system or movers, will be active in the section between km 567.450 and km 567, 650, a prohibition on overtaking and a speed limit of 40 km/h.
A narrowing of the carriageway was already active in the affected section to allow maintenance work on the landslide road body near the Matera-direction ramp of the Matera south junction.Basilicata food festivals
